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p.s. Hey. ** Charalampos, Hi. I don’t know, the images all look fine from this end. I would prefer our next film to be in English, but financing films in the US is very tricky, as we so thoroughly found out with ‘RT’, so it might end up being in French, too early to say. Just looking at people from the side can lead to big surprises when they turn to face you, often. Great writers should be acts of encouragement to young writers and never points of comparison. Avoid buying the hierarchical model always. A bunch of the best fiction writers started as poets only if you ask me. Hugs, etc. from breezy Paris. ** _Black_Acrylic, Yeah, he’s an incisive if askew chronicler of his era in the best way. What are those Zoom meetings like? Is it a matter of sharing life stories and support via your relatively common physical situation? Is it possible you could find comrades there who are similarly physically saddled yet have your aesthetic interests in some respect, for instance? I guess it doesn’t thwart your other friend/comrade-making opportunities? I’m just kind of riffing here. And being my usual bright sider type. ** Carsten, Hey. First, I got the email/post, and it’s really fantastic, and it set up properly, I think, and I’ll launch it here a week from today, on the 17th. Thank you so much for such an amazing gift. A few of these publishers you mentioned I don’t know. I’m a big fan of Ugly Duckling. There are others for sure. I’m really mentally locked into finishing the new draft of a film script at the moment, but I’ll think/search thereby when my brain breaks free. Despite the vexing hunt, it sounds like you scored on the new place. Apartment or actual house or … ? I forgot where you’re headed exactly. Lisbon? Sweet, man! ** robert, Hi, robert! It’s great to meet you! Thank you about my writing. Amazing, the Yalkut mini-retro. Was it a public thing or a thing you did for yourself? Always such a pleasure to meet a fellow lover of ‘experimental’ film. Work like Yalkut’s is kind of my intake mechanism’s bread and butter. If you feel saying anything about you and what you do/like/etc. please do. Happy weekend. ** Alistair, Oh, good, re: the usable link. I think the other Alistair you saw might be the writer Alistair McCartney who’s a friend of mine and who pops in here on rare occasion. He’s originally Australian. Could Alistair be a more common name there? Whew, about your cat’s nomad-like demeanor. ** Happy Pancake, Hi. Just butting in your comment to Alistair to say hi and thank you. And to tell you that I unsurprisingly like your name. And theoretically your mom’s cat too. ** julian, Hi, j. Luck with the packing. Packing can be nerdy fun. Where are you headed? Even though I don’t like parties I hope you went, well, assuming it was a good party. I’m trying to finish a draft of the script of Zac’s and my next film, and I’m very close, so I think I’ll be in my apartment gazing in the direction of whatever muse I have and typing for most of the weekend. The Godz were pretty cool and underratedly influential, yeah. Enjoy whatever your next two days cough up. ** Bill, It’s cool stuff. Nice new book pile there. I have a pile too, but it’s been sitting here for a week or two. Said announcement will be coming in a mere few days! ** Steeqhen, If anyone ever offers you a Sudanese falafel, which unfortunately seems only available in Berlin, kill everyone standing in-between you and it if necessary. Obviously work those job connections if you have any. As I’ve no doubt said, I don’t have any social media on my phone or even music platforms, and the world just rushes in when I’m outside, and, oh, it’s good. ** HaRpEr //, ‘The Malady of Death’ is great! And very short. Highly recommended. ‘For the New Novel’ kind of changed everything for me when I first read it. I was in the last stages of trying to figure out how to write the Miles Cycle, and it was one of the very final pieces of the puzzle. I actually have a spotlight post on a big Nouveau Roman novel (by Pinget) coming up on Monday. Pinget is possibly my favorite NR writer. Well, him and R-G. His book ‘Fable’ is my top ten novels, if you can find it. Simon’s great. My favorite of his is ‘Triptych’. I actually thought Nolan’s first film, ‘Memento’, was interesting, but that’s it. I read that he’s making a film of ‘The Odyssey’ right now, which induces brain death even to contemplate. Phew, not your evil twin … I was worried there for a second, haha. ** Right. So, a friend of mine cajoled me into restoring this old post for reasons he would not disclose, so y’all have a really easy and nerdy and possibly somewhat vaguely entertaining local weekend ahead of you if you so choose. See you on Monday.