Go sightseeing in ancient Rome.
(Via Brickmuppet Ken.)
Trivia that matter
An appreciation of Fantasia. I need to watch it again sometime — it must be 30 years since I last saw it — if only to have something to compare Robot Carnival with.
(Via Rightwing film geek.)
Central and Broadway, 9 a.m.
Posting will resume when I’m less frazzled by construction, bad weather and bad smells — remodeling and plumbing problems at work, roof destruction and replacement during unstable weather at home. Until then, here’s Yukari and Matsuri from Rocket Girls.
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Today’s word: “Waffo!” (Yes, the Right Stuf order arrived in less than a week.)
My garden, as it looked when I got home this evening. See if you can spot the rose bushes.
Ragle Gumm is planning to blog his way through The Three Stigmata of Palmer Erldritch, one of Dick’s most interesting books, starting in mid-July.
Where and when?
Four o’clocks. (“Eight o’clocks” would be more accurate around here.)
From Thog’s Masterclass:
`Big boogers of uncertainty were beginning to form.’ (Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End, 2006)
Also from Ansible:
Martin Morse Wooster was deeply thrilled by junk mail from `a company called Hawthorne Village, which has the Official Lord of the Rings Express Diesel Locomotive. This heirloom quality train — richly adorned with scenes and characters from the movie trilogy including Elven text and a working headlight on the diesel locomotive — will have you reliving this epic saga every time the train journeys around the tracks. You know, when I mentally visit the rugged, primeval landscape of Middle Earth, I think to myself, “You know, these trees and rocks are OK. But WHERE are the toy trains?”‘
… five cooking methods: bento for Americans.
(Via Naked Villainy.)