Next on the "To Buy" List

The World Encyclopedia of Flags.  Because it's always time for some motherfucking flag chat.

*Oh, look!  Two posts in one day.  See you suckers next year.

What I've Been Getting Myself Into....

Slowly going the way of Steven DenBeste apparently. Anime and manga. Yeah. I know. Still, I've found some rather good items.

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni is an excellent (and highly traumatizing) manga and the anime does a fantastic job of keeping the creepy in tact. You can find both mediums online. Apparently there's also a live action film (ye gods!), but I'm going to hold off on that until I finish the manga series at the very least.

I just started Tetragrammaton Labyrinth. It is...interesting. Also online.

The manga for Furi Kuri (FL CL) is, impossibly, even more bizarre than the anime- and the anime was...well..."If you want to understand FLCL, watch it from beginning to end. The desire will pass."

I've also been trapped in the link maze that is TV Tropes as you can obviously see from this post.

I Still Can't Believe He's Blogging Anime

Steven Den Beste has a new and excellent (as usual) post up at Hot Air.

Just In Case...

...you've never had a television show canceled. One of the writers behind Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles speaks up and it is freaking hilarious. It's too good to excerpt so read the whole thing.

I'm Geekin' Out!

Thanks, J., for pointing out this free e-book of The Great God Pan.

The rest of you folk may not know that yours truly is a huge Lovecraft fan, and the man, himself, frequently proclaimed The Great God Pan to be his biggest inspirations.

Also, I'm kind of re-addicted to the x-box 360.

Exactly

Whenever someone tells you that the rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer:

Or put it this way. Take your time machine back to the middle ages. Find some locals and explain to them that in the era you're from, most people live better than the king does in their day.

Also, a better articulated "human beings are awesome" piece than my Doctor Who-like rants.

A Recomendation....

Neal Stephenson has fast become one of my favorite authors. The man writes awe inspiring odes to the human mind. Seriously.