Back in October Neil Gaiman made a 9-city tour, reading a chapter of his latest novel,
The Graveyard Book in each city. The book has been, afaik, in the bestselling lists ever since it was published - justifiably so, I believe. It took a long time, but over many nights in a half-dozing state I listened to the whole tour and enjoyed it greatly. It is very recommendable. You can find the videos
here.
There is also another recommendable video for today, a short film named
Validation. It's awesome. I love it. It sincerely moved me to tears.
And to end the linkage: I also stumbled over
a nice blog with some interesting kendo articles.
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Some costume designs. Costume designs are fun (although I'll probably never sew them, unfortunately):