Lord of the States & Mary Blair [One More Thing Before We Go]

So, I guess it would pretty impossible for a blog called Fierce and Nerdy to not love this map of the U.S. done up Lord of the Rings style. Here’s the story behind the map from i09:

[R]edditor Jvlivs has made Middle Earth-ified America a reality. Jvlivs originally drew the map on what looks like 1/4″ rule graph paper, using red pen to divide the country up into six “mega states” [see the original here]. But with a little help from fellow redditors vede and Lizardbreath, Jvlivs wound up with the gridless, antiqued version of the map that you see up [below].

And speaking of cool art, today’s Lady Nerd is Disney artist, Mary Blair. Gudrun Cram-Drach nominated her for the mood pic spot, and a blogger Brandy Bratcher sums her up quite nicely here. Basically, if you love CINDERELLA, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PETER PAN, or the Small World ride, you should love Mary Blair.