New Hobbit Poster and a Rant from Fluffy

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Greetings, readers.

For today’s Fluff, I am going to share with you a link to an image of the new Hobbit movie poster.

While we are on the category of The Hobbit, however, I thought I would take this opportunity to complain a bit.

From my arrival at this location, I have been a fan of Tolkein’s works. I have read The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. I enjoy the stories and the elegant prose. Tokein has a way of telling story that I truly wish my Family’s author could experience. Our productions, already very highly acclaimed in our world, might improve.

However, I have been quite confused by Peter Jackson’s film-making decisions. I do not understand what audience he is trying to cater to. If he was truly trying to cater to the fans of the stories, he would not have changed the story of The Hobbit quite so much. If he were aiming to impress the originally intended audience of the hobbit– children– he would have kept the name of the third one “The Hobbit: There and Back Again.”

Instead, he has been all over with the movie decisions. In some places the movies are high fantasy, which works well with the fans of the original movies. In other places, however, he incorporates truly goofy aspects that are ridiculous and jarring. For example, in The Desolation of Smaug, what is up with the “spider-surfing” elves? In a similar vein, there is a moment in the barrel scene where another empty barrel just seems to arbitrarily appear. It serves no point.

I actually liked those scenes. They were lighthearted. And funny.

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Despite these problems, however, the graphics designers and special effects artists have talent. The poster looks impressive.

Surprisingly Interesting Selfies

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Greetings, readers!

I hope this week is finding you well.

I recently encountered an interesting set of selfies. They are surprisingly well done photographs. The woman involved uses her mirror to make actual pieces of art with her reflection, and various pictures she draws on her mirror and interacts with. You might enjoy looking at them.

Happy Wednesday.

PB&J Pie Pockets

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Tuesday!

So, last night (aka, when I’m writing this), I had one of the most amazing experiences. (That might be a slight exaggeration. But anywho.) It was certainly one of the most amazing experiences of the evening, though. So that works.

Now, “what is this experience?” you might be asking. Well, I’ll tell you.

I baked “PB & J Pie Pockets”. (My own term.)

I was experimenting a bit with pie-crust baking. As you may recall, I did a bit of that last winter. But it’s been a while, so I wasn’t sure if I remembered how. And I don’t have the recipe that I used then. And I’m in a different place. So I wanted to see if I could make a pie-crust.

I ended up using this all butter recipe. The “All Butter” thing was a bit new to me, actually. I’d previously used a Crisco recipe. And I was hand-mixing stuffs instead of using a blender like suggested. So I was already a little unsure about the recipe.

And then the dough ended up not going to the “crumble” stage of mixing- it went to a very smooth consistency very quickly. So I got really worried, and thought I’d over-mixed the dough. Which is bad. I’d heard that over-mixed dough tastes (and feels) a lot like cardboard.

Nonetheless, I decided to press on. So I let it chill, then rolled it out, and cut out 8 circles with a cup.

I put a tad of peanut butter & jelly into four of the circles, and pressed another circle of pie dough on top to cover it up and try to keep the delightful stickiness from squishing out while being cooked. I put them in the oven for about 12-15 minutes (I don’t remember) at 375.

When they came out, they were visibly flaky. (Which is the sign of a good crust.) They also sounded flaky when I took them off of the lined cookie sheet.

Letting them cool was a bit difficult, since I really wanted to try one. Fortunately there were some towels to put away and an email or three to write.

By the time I was done with those tasks, the pies were cooled. And I tried one, and it was fantastic. (If I do say so myself.) The crust was light and flaky, and so tasty. The peanut-butter and strawberry jelly also made the pie pockets quite excellent.

So long story short, it was a very good evening.

Bringing “Fetch” To Another Level

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Hi Fluffsters! I’m not sure if you’ve seen this before or not, but there’s another really cute video up on YouTube with a fluffy dog.

The dog starts off by stealing a baby’s toy. Which is sad. But then the puppy decides to apologize by bringing the sad little thing as many toys as possible. It’s really cute.

I hope that brought some much needed fluff to the beginning of your week! Wasn’t that cute?

Interesting View on Instagram-ing

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Hiya, Fluffsters!

Happy beginning of a new week!

I recently saw this article, thanks to a friend or three on facebook, and thought that it was a good thing to read. It’s about the truth behind instagrammed pics and stuff.

I think this is probably fairly accurate. What about you?

Real-Life Ninja

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Greetings, readers! I wish you a happy Saturday.

Once again, I am sharing a video that has gone fairly viral. But this one is actually worth sharing. It is about a woman who is basically a real-life ninja in your world.

I am talking about Kacy Catanzaro, the first woman to qualify for the American Ninja Warrior Final Competition. If you have not yet seen her qualifying round, you should watch it. It is quite impressive.

I hope you have a good weekend.

Will someone “Try” to explain this music video to me?

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Greetings, readers! I wish you a happy Friday.

As I am sure many of you are aware, there is a song going around the internet called “Try.” From what I have heard, it was created by someone who got tired of being photoshopped.

Now, I find this video a bit… confusing. Basically, what I got out of it is “You do not have to try so hard for your real-life appearance, because you can be photoshopped to beauty regardless.”

This especially came through to me during the photoshop / non-photoshop comparisons were being shown during the song, and… the photoshopped side was the singing side, thus implying that “you, too can be accepted into the pool of photoshoppees!”

The history of the song, however, would seem to suggest the opposite.

Oh, relax Fluffy. I thought it was sweet. And during the part at the end, the main singer doesn’t have any photoshopping done to her. So it works out in the end, doesn’t it?

Possibly.

I still think some of the filming decisions were a bit… odd.

And they still used a professional singer for the voice, thus indicating that even if your physical appearance is not photoshop-beauty-standard, you at least need to have a good voice.

Now you’re just nit-picking.

Okay, maybe.

Regardless, I would be interested in reading some of our readers’ thoughts. Had you encountered this song before? What do you think?

I hope your weekend goes well.

Make ANY sandwich better with this One Quick Trick! You won’t believe it!

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Fluffy McGiggles’s Disclaimer: The Webmaster’s use of “click-bait” for her post title does not amuse me.

The Webmaster’s response to Fluffy McGiggles’s Disclaimer: I don’t care.

Hello, Fluffsters!

Can you believe it’s once again Wednesday? Wow, time sure does fly, doesn’t it?

Anywho.

Recently, I’ve been having peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch.

And I discovered a way to make them even better. And this trick works on other sandwiches, too. Instead of plain wheat or white bread, use lightly toasted sourdough bread. It’s, like, one of the best things ever.

One of the other best things ever is using the lightly toasted sourdough for a chicken-and-avacado sandwich. Those are also amazingness in a lunch sized container.

I hope you find these tips useful! Enjoy the rest of your week!

Someone in your world claimed a kingdom

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Greetings, readers!

I am not entirely sure what to say about what I am going to share, so I will instead let the article about a man who claimed a portion of Africa so his daughter could be a princess speak for itself.

Happy Tuesday.