This is what Grendel would have bought his father for Yule, assuming his father was a monster and the severed heads were real.

Aren't they cute? (And yes, very expensive in sterling silver.)

Pity Nomad never needs to wear cuff links...

Forwarded email from the grumpy Anglo-Saxonists list:

This report from a visitor to the _Beowulf_ production offices presents some pretty interesting details on the production values and artistic choices of the forthcoming film. Note that Grendel's mother [a CGI'd Angelina Jolie] has definitely been 'sexed up' as they say..."Which led to the ( Read more... )

'Beowulf' Pic Set to Slay Hollywood ( Read more... )

I dreamed that I had darkened the lecture hall I teach in, so that I am standing down-lit in a spot on the small stage, while aisle-lighting allows in-coming students to take seats. The students come in quietly, and stay quiet, as classroom space is rarely this theatrical, but this is me, so anything can happen. I have prepped carefully for this, ( Read more... )

Heather Billie Kennedy
April 26, 1945 - August 6, 2003

Him ðá Scyld gewát tó gescæphwíle ( Read more... )