One does not simply watch The Lord of the Rings

The ultimate sweaty, unkempt, non-alpha hero ... one also has to eat massive amounts of homemade butter popcorn, wasabi peas, blueberry muffins and toast.
Yesterday we watched all three Lord of the Rings movies, directors cut, in blue ray format and surround-sound, on the biggest feckin' TV we could find.

14 hours, including breaks.

Now that's a birthday party :-)