updates, quirks, and thanks

Happy belated birthdays to animated_max and gypsyjr, and happy birthday to carpdeus. Best wishes to you for a wonderful year!

I've been buried under finals and grading, so I've missed out on mentioning a few items of interest:

Re: History

Hobbit May Be First Australian
(The Hobbit-like humans of Indonesia may have lived in Australia.)

Oldest Known Maya Mural, Tomb Reveal Story of Ancient King
(amazing new insights into the origins of Maya art, writing, and rule)

Re: Literature

There are new books available for preorder as well as news updates from Valancourt Books, a wonderful press that offers quality reprints of rare Gothic novels.
(I'm especially excited about The Witch of Ravensworth, personally.)

Rumor has it Prince Caspian has been greenlit by Disney as the next Narnia film.

Re: Fandom

Koenig, Cawley Talk 'New Voyages' Surprises
(an interesting case of blurring the lines between a "fan" series and a "professional" series)

"Cthulu by Ego" film
(a parody must-see for fans of Lovecraft - thanks to sneezythesquid for this)


I've been tagged by several friends, most recently by st_crispins, for this, so here goes:

( Quirks Meme )

And huge thanks to those who have sent me lovely cards/letters/packages, including euclase (I'm still in awe), thrihyrne (will be writing back shortly), fungus_files (I love the turtles), sneezythesquid (thanks so much for the tape), aragornlover (hope your back is better), llembas (hysterical card - and I love the quote), and sunnysky (what a beautiful card - my sentiments exactly). Happy, happy holidays to you!

Quote of the day:

"In the sunken city of R'lyeh dread Cthulhu has drunk all the wassail, again."
~melissagay