Sep

22

Colfer Divides Forty-two by Sixth or Artemis Towel

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Adams towel

I know I’m a bit late with this news (it took me a while to get to making a graphic for this post) but I LOVE LOVE LOVE that there will be another book added to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Truly amazing!

Eoin Colfer is slated to write the next installment of the five-part trilogy (classic Adams), as per Adams’s widow, Jane Belson’s, request. Wow!

Colfer is probably best known for the Artemis Fowl series; which from many-a-disappointed-Harry-Potter fan, was a far superior read. My nephews will contest! (Airman is currently on my “Holds” list at the library.)

Apparently Adams wanted to write a sixth book following Mostly Harmless, book five of the series, but unfortunately, died before completing his work. (This might sound morbid, but I always thought that Adams was spared 9/11–he died earlier in the same year, in 2001–as maybe some greater force realized his sensitive soul would not be able to stomach such a catastrophe, especially after writing the underpinnings of the modern day world as we know it.)

I hope Colfer’s contribution to Adams’s achievement will generate interest for more books in the series since, six is too perfect, too even, a number for me. (I’m partial to odd numbers.) Douglas Adams’s strength in storytelling relies heavily on relaying to his reader about the imperfection of life, in all its humour, more than the striving of perfection, the ideal that exists differently in each individual’s imagination. That is to say, the oddity of the evenness of life, and not the evenness of the oddity of life. (Why do I feel like I just talked myself into a circle? Thank-you Adams. Thank-you very much.)

However, six conveniently, is a multiple of forty-two; which may mean, I may not have to wait millions of years to discover the Ultimate Question. Until publishing then! Deep thought persists!

IMAGE | Umbra | Conceal towel shelf

Sep

18

Welcome Bynum to School!

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Ms Hempel Chronicles

OMG OMG OMG! New Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum book out now! Ms. Hempel Chronicles! YES! She is my favourite! And that opinion is based on some fiction she wrote for Tin House and The New Yorker. (I’m not an easy sell. I just know great when I see it!) I have yet to get my hands on a copy of her first book, Madeleine is Sleeping, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Kafka Prize. Regardless of merit, awarded or not, Bynum gets A’s in my books, and maybe one day, I can score some of my own in hers too.

I am, seriously, seriously considering taking her writing course at the University of California, San Diego where Bynum teaches writing and lit. Next year Bynum is teaching Short Fiction, for the Winter 2009 academic calendar. Perfect!

So. Who wants to put me up for a while? Seriously. This is one of my rare moments of extroversion here folks. Rarely do I raise my hand in the hopes of getting chosen. I’ll be the perfect house guest. I’m just saying. Think about it. (You’ve got three months). But not too much. My writing life hangs in the Bynum balance.

Jul

15

Feeling Large On Minis

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Re-ment Miniature set

Re-ment is insane! I cannot believe there’s a miniature taiyaki. Ridic!

With toys like this, why isn’t Mattel packing it in? Seriously!

Jul

7

Double Tragedy

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The Tragedy of Macbeth Noah Lukeman

Noah Lukeman imagines the fulfillment of the witches’ prophecy in Macbeth, in his new book due October 2008, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II, The Seed of Banquo. The book is written in blank verse, following Shakespearean style – a play in five acts. As a Macbeth lover (Othello topping the list) I cannot wait to revisit the original play before delving into Lukeman’s continuation of events!

Jun

12

NYC Festivittles

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Kenny Scharf Cruller 2007 Oil on Linen

New York City Food Film Fest starts this weekend. Yum!

(I know, the graphic is a stretch, but who doesn’t like a donut? Especially one that looks like it’s a ferris wheel in the sky? More on all things donut in the following post.)

May

28

Bonds that Bind

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Devil May Care Cover

New Bond novel comes out today! What could be better? Daniel Craig on the big screen! That’s what!

May

8

The Best of the Web

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Webby Awards

The 2008 Webby Award winners have just been announced and the picks are AMAZING! The long lists of select sites and contending nominees will truly blow your mind! Check out my personal favourite (in the “Art” category, of course) by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, on a Richard Serra, forty-year, sculpture retrospective. Insane!

Apr

29

Paper Picked a Pack of People

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Vincent Kartheiser Photo Jacqueline Di Milia

Once again, Paper has launched their annual “Beautiful People” issue, and the selection of the “chosen few” is just as varied from years before. Household names like Danny Masterson and Sia have made the list, but so too has Riley Keogh and a personal favourite of mine, Vincent (Mad Men!) Kartheiser.

Paper’s peeps usually include club kids, actors, musicians, DJs, artists, curators, producers, night-life promoters, and socialites finding cause; emboldened in the mag to be not only current, but relevant too.

Every year (2006, 2007), the people who fit the beautiful bill is a surprise to me, but also a great place of discovery too.

The issue is just another instance where the chosen reflects the chooser and the impact that has on Paper’s New-York-centric-but-globe-trotter-admiring point of view.

Apr

22

Art on Top!

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Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is on the Roof!

Apr

21

The Hole View

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Corbis Pinhole Camera Template Peyote

An announcement: April 27th 2008 is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day! Image stock company, Corbis, is providing templates for cameras to get you shooting and posting with photography enthusiasts, everywhere. View the gallery of fantastic photos and contribute to the collection. (There was a whole/hole joke there but I will refrain.) The images are incredible!

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