Save the Coffee Boy, Save the World

This is from http://SaveIantoJones.com:

January 9th is the day!

January 9th marks the sixth month anniversary of the (temporary) death of sci-fi's favourite coffee boy. 

And, with all possible love and goodwill, we're here to spread the message ... 

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN SCI-FI. SAVE IANTO JONES!

On January 9th let's ramp it up and send as many emails as possible to the BBC with one simple message:

Anything is possible in sci-fi.  Save Ianto Jones!

On 9 January, Tweet your fingers off sending our key message,
Anything is possible in sci-fi.  Save Ianto Jones!

Working together, we can put Ianto back on trending topics!

UK Under Snow - Yes, All Of It

New John Barrowman Album Coming 22 Feb

John Barrowman's new CD is coming out 22 February.

Tracklisting:
When I Get My Name In Lights (from The Boy from Oz)
One Night Only (from Dreamgirls)
Copacabana (from Copacabana)
I Won’t Send Roses (from Mack and Mabel)
Memory (from Cats)
The Kid Inside (from Is There Life After High School?)
My Eyes Adored You (from Jersey Boys)
Don't Cry Out Loud (from The Boy From Oz)
So Close (from Enchanted) duet with Jodie Prenger
Unusual Way (from Nine)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
The Winner Takes It All (from Mamma Mia!)
Oh What A Night (from Jersey Boys)

For all the information you need, please visit:
http://www.johnbarrowman.com/news.shtml#johnbarrowman

Laundry Pug Spotted in Ad

This is from an old magazine advertisement for the Kenmore Elite HE3t.

And who is the star of clean living but a PUG!

Because if you're a person concerned with being green who has the disposable income to purchase a high efficiency washer (the current HE5t is something like $1600), the expensive, high-maintenance pug is probably the dog for you.  :)

Enduring Lovecraft

There is something touching about this.

Here is a short story, handwritten in parts, by H.P. Lovecraft. It is a submission copy.

Which means this is the actual manuscript he sent in to a publisher hoping it would be bought for publication. His address is in the top corner (along with a request to "please return").

This happens to be one of my favorite of his stories, so I know it does get published, though perhaps not by the person to whom he sent this particular copy.

Lovecraft was one of those writers whose genius was not discovered by the mainstream until long after his death.  He struggled monetarily all his life.

This manuscript here was just sold on eBay for over $2,000.

I wonder if he ever made half that much on his writing himself.  I hope, wherever he is, he's amused.