I gave blood today, and was reminded that I am, by disposition, O-positive! So, seeing that my blood says I’m a hopeful type of guy, I should follow up the last post with this further observation from The Return of the King. Legolas and Gimli are beginning to see signs that they may be too late to be of much use to Minas Tirith. But Legolas suddenly perks up.

“Up with your beard, Durin’s son!” he said. “For thus is it spoken: Oft hope is born, when all is forlorn.“

Legolas must be O-positive as well. Or Elf-positive, I suppose.