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Movie Star Horse That Played Shadowfax Dies

"Run Shadowfax, show us the meaning of haste." - Gandalf, The Return of the King

Blanco, the equine entertainer that was one of the horses that played the role of Shadowfax, the Lord of the Horses and Gandalf's mount in the Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as other movie roles has died.  The Spanish Andalusian bred in New Zealand was euthanized  following complications of intestinal and liver issues.

The horse's owner Cynthia Royal, who has had her own medical issues that left her without insurance for Blanco, has incurred significant veterinary bills over the course of Blanco's treatment totaling some $18,000.  A donation page has been set up to help offset the expense of Blanco's care.

Read more about Blaco/Shadowfax here.

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Boba Fett Spin Off Movie

From @StarWarsWatch

Metro reporting the rumor that there may be a Boba Fett spin off movie in the works, supposedly written by Lawrence Kasdan (ala Empire Strikes Back).

One for the Fett-man would be awesome!

Mr. Bob A. Fett, #79 on the 100 Greatest Movie Characters List

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Happy Geek New Year!

Happy New Year, fellow geeks and nerds!

I'm off to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug this afternoon (finally...) and perhaps 47 Ronin if I can talk the wife into it :)

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@michaeldunkle

A Geek Christmas

Ok here's the Nerdapalooza Holiday Haul for this year...

Star Wars Christmas Ornaments Set (10) with some cool unusual characters like Emperor Palpatine, Qui Gon Jinn, Jabba, and a Cone Wars era battle droid.

A Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock Tshirt.  I am already trying to work at getting better at the game now that I own the shirt...and the shirt makes a nice cheat sheet if you forget what Spock beats and what Lizard loses to.

Some more depth and breadth to my Blu-ray collection, including Inception, The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey, Ironman 3, and the coup de grace, Star Wars The Complete Saga.  Good thing my new job is three or four days a week!

Some great drum stuff...a Remo ambassador clear head for the resonant side of my floor tom (the last head to complete the replacement of all my kit heads), a new new sided practice pad, two cool drumming books,  Stick Control and Mel Bay's Drum Fills.

A large Boba Fett plush key chain.

And some great non-geek stuff as well. 

Happy Holidays!

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