goodbye, Arthur

"...after my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and the sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars."

-Charles A. Lindbergh,
Autobiography of Values

And, via beamjockey:

( From a 1938 brochure promoting the British Interplanetary Society, quoted by Neil McAleer in Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography. )

(no subject)

Back in cadhla's latest round of Iron Poet (in which the reader supplies her with three words to be worked into a poem, and the poetic style in which said poem should be written), I asked for a villanelle, including the words "tell," "cry," and "heart." Her response, Tell the Story, is absolutely lovely.

Paul Scofield, RIP

Paul Scofield, who won an Oscar for his performance as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons, passed away yesterday at the age of 86.

And, just before LJ strike time...

copperwise13: btw have you seen black sheep? (Note: The tagline for this movie is “Get ready for the Violence of the Lambs”)
CoyoteGoth: what's that?
copperwise13: genetically engineered were-sheep
CoyoteGoth: WOW
CoyoteGoth: That's another "boa vs. python"" right there
copperwise13: in new zealand, even
CoyoteGoth: oh, those wacky kiwis
copperwise13: oh, it's an amazingly good camp movie
CoyoteGoth: Peter Jackson's kicking himself right now
copperwise13: far more lake placid than boa
CoyoteGoth: I *loved* Lake Placid
copperwise13: you'll love black sheep