Blade of the Immortal

Got the next book of Blade of the Immortal, Badger Hole, today. Read it immediately. Short review: No Manji. Rin starts kicking ass and taking names, but no Manji. There has not been enough Manji kicking ass in recent books and that is getting tedious.

DWJ interview

Interview with Diana Wynne Jones on the occasion of the publication of The House of Many Ways.

DWJ on the success of Miyazaki's version of Howl's Moving Castle and what it's meant to her:

Now the Howl books are being sought for all over the world, so that’s nice. And the procession of people, which was enormous already, has increased—doubled and tripled—of all the people who want to marry Howl. Now it seems to me that Howl would be one of the most dreadful husbands one could possibly imagine. But there are these thousands of girls who write and say “Is Howl real? I want to marry him.” All around the world. About the only place where they don’t seem to be wanting to marry him is India, I think. But everywhere else—Thailand, Taiwan, New Zealand, Spain, massive amounts from England and huge amounts from America too. It’s extraordinary.

Reference question!

droiche asks: "Do you by chance know where I can find a map or diagram of Da Ci'en Temple in Xi'an? Something that shows the layout of the entire compound would be infinitely useful." I have come up empty. Anyone else with spare time feel the need to search? Thanks!

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Note to self:


http://snipurl.com/2o4xm [www_epson_com]
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/



There may be better wide-format printers, but they start $200 more expensive and will take 2 years to pay for themselves, instead of 1 year like this one. Hmmm.

Reason #5465656 Why Telophase Is Cooler Than You

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Isn't this, like, simultaneously the most awesome and the most dangerous thing evar?



1908 Curtiss V-Twin with wicker-chair sidecar. From here.