and my thought of 2:40

i love mr. tolkien. can you get more adorable than this little old man (and his mumbly speech)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koaOcqwI2nI&feature=related

one thing i wonder about in this clip, though, is the moment after he mentions the war. is it a pause because he's trying to think of what to say (which would seem a little odd, since i believe his brain was always moving faster than his mouth), or did mentioning the war bring thoughts to mind that he ordinarily tried to avoid? whichever it was, i love his smile after he pulls it together again. how cute was he?