ALAN’S ANECDOTES
One of my favorite fictional stories is The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I’m fascinated by the references to it in pop culture like those in songs by Led Zeppelin. One in particular is in the song “Ramble On” that was released in 1969 which says: “How years ago in days of old When magic filled the air T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair But Gollum and…