Oh, BTW...

...New manga by Obata Takeshi and Ooba Tsugumi. Yes, the Death Note people. It's called Bakuman and it should hopefully be up on One Manga this afternoon.

What's it about? Dude, it's OBATA and OOBA. Do you CARE?

The translator tells me it's about two boys collaborating on a manga. Hopefully Ooba's learned a bit more about manga pacing. XD

This is a reminder...

...to me, to listen to The Pillow Book on Radio Four next week, while it's still available on Listen Again. Well, provided the first episode keeps my interest. :D

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Oh hey...

Ghost Hunters International? When your barometer claims there's a storm outside and there isn't and you say that might be evidence of something paranormal? I've got a barometer on my clock radio that's been optimistically predicting rain off and on for weeks now, and I live in North Texas. Not impressive!

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Stunning photos of the Olympic opening ceremony performances over at The Big Picture.

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New Obata/Ooba manga! Bakuman!

Well, tonight was massive FAIL...

...at anything resembling art. Why? Because in a fit of idiocy I picked up John Scalzi's Old Man's War AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE DAMN THING DOWN.

Got about 60 pages to go, then I'm going to bed.