dumbass

pecunium reports on a guy being a dumbass with a sword:
http://pecunium.livejournal.com/228419.html

The Rape of the Sabine Women

I can't tell if this sounds really cool or really awful. But I've got to go:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/arts/design/21sabi.html

300

I just saw the new trailer. OMG, woah. So stupidly excited for this. And, as an aside, so not happy that the ancient weapons class is scheduled against the boarding actions class at ISMAC.

finally

The dumbasses at TCA finally refunded my money from the great fencing jacket debacle.

from chocolatl to soylent green

So I'm finishing up my SF/F end of the world piece and am thinking that next week's is going to be on food from the sublime to the horrifying. This is one of my less well thought-through ideas, but strikes me as hillarious. Anyone got any thoughts?

interesting Richard III

Wish I could see this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/theater/20rich.html

(no subject)

I perhaps already knew this from Descensus, among other things, and that's that I have a thing for coquettish and more than somewhat spoiled blonde girls. VIrgin megastore is having a big sale and when they didn't have the DVD I was looking for, I very happily bought both Marie Antoinette and Vanity Fair.

end of the world piece

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976916557

Done. yay. Feels like it's almost entirely about books no one has really read, but hey, cool.