"Out of the mocking-bird's throat, the musical shuttle, / Out of the Ninth-month midnight"

[larryhammer]

Speaking of signal-boosting janni, she's started an interesting series of guest posts called Writing for the Long Haul by writers who've been publishing more than ten years talking about, well, what it takes to keep being an author. The intro post has a better explanation. I was especially taken with Kathi Appelt's post, and look forward to further installments.

TV Tropes takes the bait and lists out all the lampshades in the trailer for "Movie Title". Warning: TV Tropes link.

From NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission, 15 minutes of a 120-mile-wide shot across 6000 miles of the Earth: The Long Pan. As Kottke puts it, "Feel free to put on some Sigur Rós while you watch" -- I recommend the first half of ( ). (via all over)

---L.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I've been away from LJ for almost the whole day and would have missed Kathi Appelt's lovely guest post on Janni's blog if it weren't for your link--thank you lnhammer!

[larryhammer]

Isn't that a nice one? Keep watching that space ...

---L.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Will do :-)