More later.

Leland hipped me to the reproduction of the Parthenon in Nashville. (He was hipped by a certain Entelechy girl some time ago; alas, I missed it.)

So, upon my arrival in Nashville next week, my first stop will be a visit to the missus:

Apparently, our Lady of Wisdom here is the largest indoor statue in the world - 42 feet! Gilded, no less.

I’ll try not to pass out…

It’s Halloween. I have some work to do, but… it’ll keep. Also, I’ve been working very hard. Also, it’s Halloween.

I’m going into the city! Because I’ve been cooped up too long and the city is Where Things Happen.

I’ll probably go to the West Village. The West Village is a good spot for Halloweenie-watching. You just have to be careful not to get stuck on the wrong side of the parade. The wrong side of the parade is whichever side you DON’T want to get stuck on based on what you want to do next.

Woke up with a dream in my head that will probably turn into an essay about artists. The pencil-wielding kind.

I should probably take a Tarot deck with me. You never know who you’ll run into…

The Weekly World News is shutting down?

I, like some staffers, suspect a cover-up.

Edited to add: I’d better get Ed Anger’s book while it’s still available for .02.

Ooo:

Mythic Beasts @ the American Museum of Natural History

MYTHIC BEASTS

For thousands of years, fantastical creatures have been embedded in the human experience through legends and fables, ancient art, and even in the accounts of early naturalists. Mythic Beasts will include spectacular sculptures, paintings, and textiles, along with a number of cultural objects ranging from medieval tapestries to shadow puppets to ceremonial masks and helmets from around the world which will bring to light surprising similarities as well as differences in the ways peoples around the world have envisioned and depicted these strange and wonderful creatures.

Rumblings have begun about the coolest SFF convention we’re not attending this year, Wiscon.

All the cool ladies, my favorite ladies, are off to the races if they’re not there already. Terri, Midori, Liz, Helen, Erzebet, Catherynne, and bunches more, and a smattering of cool men, too. I do wish we were there; the cool ladies all heartily encouraged us to join them, but, alas, we had to go ahead and move and then get married.

The thing of it is, there shall be more Wiscons, and we are part of the community for good, as far as I’m concerned. And hey, getting married is rather a kick.

In other news, I wonder how Earthling Magazine is coming along.

Leland found thismodern-day Artemis, as done by Michiel Van der Sommen, while searching for soemthing else. I love a good Artemis , so I had to share.

Yep, I think she would look like that these days.

Told ya Midori had something up her sleeve:

Endicott Poetry E-Cards

In honor of National Poetry Month, there will be a new card posted each day throughout the month of April. So start sending ‘em, get ‘em out there.

Nice going, Midori!

Ms. Valente coins a movement.

I’m down.

The Endicott winter issue is live. Big props to everyone involved; extra snaps go to Midori, who spent all kinds of time coding it. Enjoy!

Reviews to come later.