A real-life ship with an Elvish (Sindarin) name:
http://www.turanor.eu/en.html
Interesting issues about Tolkien's (probably unconscious) attitudes toward race, status, and genetics:
http://www.colorq.org/PetSins/page.php?y=2004&m=5&x=intermarriage
an old favorite:
If Lord of the Rings had been Written by Someone Else:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=138905
"My name is Baggins. Frodo Baggins. 00Hobbit, license to quest. "
Dr. Seuss, Homer, Louisa May Alcott, Tom Clancy, Iron Chef -- forty pages of entries
Lord of the Rings, as a Russian historical novel:
http://ymarkov.livejournal.com/270570.html
Use the link in the third paragraph to download the pdf. The "Download Now" button just takes you to the translation software.
added June 23, 2011 Some people still don't get it:
http://notalwaysright.com/best-not-to-be-tolkien-too-seriously/12147
added June 29, 2011 Legos of Middle Earth
Barad Dur http://www.flickr.com/photos/41823416@N08/sets/72157627009168190/
The entire group http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/276793
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1030176@N20/pool/with/5683297828/
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/276793
