a collection of marvelous things

[anotheranon]

If you don't read Wired's Table of Malcontents, perhaps you should. But not if you plan to have a life beyond it:

Ancient Birth Control - sadly the plant was so popular it went extinct :(

The Battle of Helm's Deep - as performed by Muppets - Toronto 2003 peeps, was Silver Snail the bookshop we went to?

The Lonely Sea Monster - delightfully morbid. If you like Lemony Snicket, you'll like this (I'm looking at YOU, jlsjlsjls!)

B Movies go Art House - don't miss "Le Lebowski Grande" or "300: The Criterion Collection"

Saved the best for last - Hieronymous Bosch action figures! C'mon, you can't tell me these aren't the coolest beasties ever! Someone send these to Seth Green and the other Robot Chicken [Google Video] creators stat! I want to see the Tree Man have a showdown with the Care Bears....

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[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

"The Lonely Sea Monster" is just DARLING! Thank you!!! And Bosch action figures! ... that's the best Bosch thing I've been exposed to since I first read Tom Holt's Faust Among Equals, which includes a visit to the EuroBosch Theme Park. Gonna have to start budgeting for more toys as well as books (I still really want a Goon statue too ...)

The science fiction bookstore we visited in Toronto was Bakka, which has been in the biz since forever (can't recall the name of the GLBT bookstore upstairs)

So many cool things in the universe and so little time ...

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

P.S. In exchange for the sea monster, check out the Lenore link over on my LJ (different link there, which leads to some sample pages. Who can resist a cute little dead girl? ;-)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Lenore looks completely touched - thanks for the tip!

Also, by the same author as the Sea Monster tale: The Inconsolable Octopus (http://www.deannamolinaro.com/Stuff_That_I_Made/Books/Oct/Oct_1w.html).

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Loved the octopus one too, and can't wait to see the rabbit tale completed (the alligator story was cute too, even if there was no bloodshed). Have added the author/artist's site to my Oddities page and am looking into owning print editions ... hurrah for adoreable gruesomeness!