"It was then that Delirium noticed that she had absentmindedly transformed herself into a hundred and eleven perfect, tiny, multicolored fish." — Neil Gaiman, The Kindly Ones
“The mind is a limited machine….And we’re beginning to understand the different ways that a city can exceed those limitations.” How cities hurt your brain. Working in one of the busiest cities in the world, I wonder if I can put in for hazard pay? [via]
I shared this yesterday via Twitter (are you following me on Twitter? Why not?), but I think it’s worth sharing again: A Beginner’s Guide to MaximumFun.org. The Sound of Young America and Jordan, Jesse, GO! are two of my favorite podcasts, and I’m happy to support them.
It’s a long way off from actually being made, but I am still filled with dread at the prospect of a Hyperion movie. If Dan Simmons’ story could be adapted to film — and I think it maybe could be — I don’t think a single two-hour movie would do it justice. A miniseries, maybe.
In what I suppose is a case of “Do as I say, not as I do,” the Sundance Film Festival this year was kind of a heavy polluter, even with the many environmental films being showcased.