A sad day in the animated movie world

Pixar has agreed to be bought out by Disney. It will be interesting to see over the next decade if Pixar scripts are able to maintain their traditional quality.

So last month it was SKG Dreamworks being bought by Paramount, IIRC. So how many studios does that leave?

The article.
The Slashdot thread.

My 2005 in Books, Part The Last

I had meant to finish my What I Read in 2005 list long before now, but you know how things go. So here it is.

In this, the final edition, we have: Terry Pratchett, John Ringo and David Weber (both together and apart), Edmond Rostand, JK Rowling, Rafael Sabatini, and Clifford Stoll.

LOTS of reading, perhaps some spoilers.

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Next week on Iron Chef America: Behind the scenes!

Should be cool, I'm looking forward to it. I still think the Japanese version is better, though the American version may not be as entertaining for me, it's still decent.