vwlphb and I went to see Coraline IN 3-D yesterday, and it was totally awesome. I think that's actually the first movie I've seen in 3-D on the big screen, although vwlphb has seen several. ( Here's a Coraline trailer I linked before in case you haven't seen any already.)

( LJ-cut for Coraline discussion even though I am pretty sure I didn't spoil anything much )

Big news of the day: Wonderful Neil has been awarded a Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book! Many congratulations are in order! You can read all about his excitement over the award here.

In other Neil-related things, he recently posted a new Coraline trailer that really, really makes me want to go see the movie (which appears to be in theaters as ( Read more... )

My current favorite picture of Neil Gaiman. It looks so totally posed but it's not.

And yes, I know I've been a ghost. I'll reappear soon.

OK, I realize I haven’t yet posted about either the Chopteeth concert at the Black Cat, or the Peter Yarrow concert at Lisner. But...I’m going out of order because I have the Book Festival account already written up.

( The National Book Festival. Now, with pictures! And Robo-Pandas! )

Tonight: Peter Yarrow concert with Dave and Amanda and Jeff

Tomorrow: National Book Festival on the Mall, with virginia_belle, and possibly rivian, Dave, and/or Amanda (Neil Gaiman! Katherine Paterson! Authors and friends! Yay!)

Soon: Write about last weekend's Chopteeth concert at The Black Cat. I need to finish downloading the photos. *g*

Commercial for Bloom grocery store ( Read more... )

Starting off with some hilarity:

Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)

This is my favorite line: Hamlet and the queen are no longer friends.

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And now for some Famus Friends news:

Cleolinda also mentioned in Firefox news with a recommendation to read her Twilight recaps. Whee, Cleo ( Read more... )

I am addicted to Turtle Chex Mix, y'all. BAD THING.

In other news, loooots of links! (several via cleolinda and one via spectralbovine)

10 Magazine Covers that Shook the World
OF COURSE the scary, scary Twilight cover is included.

Kline Death Scene Ruined By Cell Phone Chatter
OH NO THEY DI'INT!!!! That's some kind of blasphemy, right there!

Is there such a thing ( Read more... )

I have two Meaningful Entries in the works right now (1 = Vacation Recap! Now, with pictures! and 2 = Deadpool: Weapon, Chapter 6, which is Mostly Done) but right now...linky-link!

Read the 800 word prequel to Harry Potter.
Also, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and others wrote 800-word stories.

Dooce: The Three Best Bits of Relationship Advice I ( Read more... )

A couple of links via Wonderful Neil:

1. Paul Cornell of Dr. Who and comic book fame was in a car accident recently but he (and his wife) will be fine. He blogged about it, though, and actually, the account of what he was thinking and feeling at the time of the accident is really interesting to read. The wonkiness of thinking (the kind of slow ( Read more... )