Try this! (But if you do. . . make sure you book an appointment with your opthalmologist for later.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYRUVDBOTk   Continue reading

The Paperhand Puppet Intervention, http://paperhand.org/, an environmental organization in the form of an amazing puppet show, has just finished its 2012 performances at Chapel Hill, NC’s charming outdoor Forest Theater. Now it’s moving its operations to the North Carolina Museum… Continue reading

I hope you’ve all noticed the mini-Trek episode that Google has created for its newest interactive logo. If you are yearning for just one more classic Star Trek episode, go to www.google.com and: Mouse around the logo, clicking on anything… Continue reading

Sidney Sime was born into poverty in 1867 and died in 1941, but he became one of the most beloved fantasy illustrators of the early 20th century. His illustrations were mostly for fantasy pioneer Lord Dunsany’s books, including Time and… Continue reading

For a six-day period beginning Aug. 25, 1835, the New York Sun (probably via one of its reporters, Richard A. Locke) made most of America believe such a thing. The Sun claimed the series of articles about moon people was based on… Continue reading

A new book about all things Zelda is coming in January: The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, by Shigeru Miyomoto, published jointly by Dark Horse Books and Nintendo. Based on pre-orders alone, it has already reached #8 on Amazon.com’s top… Continue reading

Who’s your favorite Japanese monster? Mine is Mothra, hands down. What a wonderful idea–a monster who is a moth. For those of us in the Western tradition, it may seem an odd concept, but Mothra is apparently a great example… Continue reading

Entertainment Weekly breathlessly reports that in Justice League #12, Superman and Wonderwoman will . . . fall in love? have a little fling? Comix fans, you’ll have to wait to find out what, exactly. http://www.dccomics.com/comics/justice-league-2011/justice-league-12 In the meantime, EW’s Popwatch site has… Continue reading

You can make your own goddess. Why would you want to do that? Entertain a child. . . entertain yourself. . . create an art project. . . possess your own tiny outer manifestation of your own grand inner goddess. . .… Continue reading

William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II. scene 2: The monstrous creature Caliban, drunkenly rejoicing that he is now free from Prospero’s domination: ‘Ban, ‘Ban, Cacaliban Has a new master: get a new man. Freedom, hey-day! hey-day, freedom! freedom, hey-day, freedom!… Continue reading