Soooo, are you done Charles?

Last day of November. Can we read your novel??

While on the subject of NG

Can I just say that yesterday I was totally distracted from reading my journal articles by the discovery that Neil Gaiman has a bunch of his short stories up on his website. Am still chuckling over "The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds."

Why did I not realize I had this band's music?

rad music vid

There's nothing mellow about it....

Andy Samberg! Jack Johnson! Violent brawling! Loves it!

Have you read these?

Game of Thrones. I must admit, I had never heard of these books until there was something about the HBO series in EW the other week. How could I have missed them? As a total fantasy/sci fi/historical fiction nerd girl who has been in love with Aragorn since the age of eleven when I first read LOTR, shouldn't I be their target audience?



Will it be any good or will it be a huge disappointment? I'm hoping it will be like The Tudors meets Lloyd Alexander.

From our fave writer over at G (who I am beginning to think is a male version of us): "And who doesn't like Sean Bean! I'll bet you have never met a person who has said to you "You know what? I just don't like Sean Bean." Has never happened to you. Because no one doesn't like Sean Bean. His name could rhyme but doesn't, and he always plays either an angry but noble terrorist or an old-timey dude like he does here and did in LOTR. What's not to love! Throw in Lena Headey from 300 and Sarah Connor Chronicles and you've basically got nerd heaven."

And what about The Hunger Games trilogy, good or Twilight-ish schlock?

Will the similarities never cease?

"When Anderson Cooper recently interviewed Lady Gaga in London, she got him wasted on Irish Whiskey. Cooper told The Insider "We actually ended up that day in a pub in London drinking Jameson, which I don't really drink… So, she got me to drink, like, two of them. And by the end, I was ready to have the interview be over, because I really sort of couldn't ask anymore questions." "

Umm, note her drink of choice....

"I can't believe I just spent twenty dollars to see Dobby die."

As overheard leaving the movie theater last night. (Ummm. Didn't you read the book?)

I knew it was a good audience from the raucous applause and cheers that erupted when they saw this:



I mean, it is a rather brilliant title, but seriously.

Catcalls for poor Harry when stripped to his skivvies to dive in after the sword of Gryffindor and anticipatory mewling as HBC threw the knife at the ill-fated Dobby. All in all, a good time.

L made this amazing butternut squash and hazelnut lasagna and a gingery pumpkin soup. I'll get you the recipes, Charles.