8 Ways to Sunday

Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean are continuing their long collaboration with a new motion picture.

“MirrorMask” — written by Gaiman, directed by McKean, and produced by the Jim Henson Company — tells the story of 15 year-old girl raised by a family of circus performers who must struggle through a bizarre dreamworld one night in order to save her ailing mother. The Independent Film Channel’s web site described it thusly: “Think ‘Alice in Wonderland’ meets ‘Time Bandits’ on an upside down street in a parallel universe.”

The film premiered at the Sundance festival, and should make its way to theaters soon.

Neil has more on “MirrorMask,” including links to IGN Filmforce interviews with himself and McKean, in his online journal. The movie’s official site has a preview trailer.

Bibi posted a slew of cat links this morning, the most interesting of which for me was the Messybeast Cat Resource Archive. Lots of good info here for the new cat parent. Since Riley is my first cat, I’m finding a lot of good stuff here that I really needed to know.

North Korea finally up and told the world that they have nukes, and they aren’t about to give them up.

Start practicing your duck-and-cover, boys and girls!