Happy birthday to Warren Ellis, aka Prime Minister Batman!

The world of Guillermo del Toro is strange, and his home in Los Angeles, named Bleak House, is a rival for Forrest Ackerman's collection of horror memorabilia. (And then, at the end of the essay, you find his ideas for Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness...)

New York celebrates coffee and tea this weekend, while Hawaii honors whales and Florida is all about the arts. Lots going on, and it looks as if spring may actually show up this year!