The 75th Birthday of "The Hobbit"

There's been a lot of posting around here and all over the intertubz lately about The Hobbit and one may wonder why.  Well. the why is that today is the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit. tomorrow is "Hobbit Day" when the birthdays of Bilbo Baggins and his nephew, Frodo Baggins, are traditionally celebrated.  The whole dang week is "Tolkien Week." (NB: the more well read may recognize that their birthdays may have been on September 12 or 14, but the Shire calendar and Gregorian calendars are not quite aligned.)