I saw this Thursday on Ribon’s website, but here’s an announcement in English: Tanemura Arina is ending Shinshi Doumei Cross and launching Mistress Fortune in July Ribon. (And here I thought I’d missed the end of SDC!! So stoked, already ordered next month’s issue.) The new series is shown above, Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Mistress Fortune [...]

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I’m anxious about work, that I’m not doing enough more fastly; I’m anxious about my writing, that I’m not doing any at all; I’m anxious about my blogging, that each day I wake up and can think of nothing to say but that I’m working and haven’t written at all. Trying to calm down and [...]

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I’ve posted before about WETA’s amazing rayguns, but the Victorious Mongoose is a pistol near and dear to me. Bronzemongoose is a nickname from eleven, almost twelve years ago, and while I’ve moved on, online, the mongoose has a special place in my heart, and were I to own this raygun, I most assuredly would [...]

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Got a neat email last week from an amateur astronomer in the Bay Area, whose organization is scouting out new locations with lots of dark sky (hi Tony!) While Lake Shastina isn’t perhaps the best place, I’m sure there’s somewhere out here that would suffice. We have amazing seeing in Siskiyou County — if you [...]

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VIZ Media’s SHOJO BEAT magazine was also pleased to welcome renowned manga creator Arina Tanemura for a special discussion on her work. Several new titles by the creator of popular shojo series like FULL MOON and THE GENTLEMEN’S ALLIANCE , both published domestically by VIZ Media, will include I.O.N in April 2008. The series centers [...]

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I just featured the most beautiful new images at Common-Space.net. Really, go take a look. You won’t regret it.
I’ve been dealing with a lot of offline things lately, stuff I can’t really share — heck, forget share, can’t hardly comprehend or understand myself, in my own head. I’m quiet, I’m reading a lot, I’m working [...]

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I just finished watching Sting’s The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland DVD, I can only call it a religious experience. The music is fantastic, the lutes are just as fascinating to see as to hear, and the concert segments are sublime. Admittedly my favorite song is on the bonus concertette (a [...]

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