I wasn’t aware that the Royal Mail honoured pop culture or contemporary figures. Next January, stamps featuring the LP artwork from The Beatles will go on sale.

I haven’t perused the myspace page, I have greatly enjoyed the Jarvcasts, and I have not acquired the Deluxe Editions—but I want to.

Since last we met, the Griffiths have moved twice and been to England once. It took me a while to remember where I’d packed my voice, but photos and stories will be forthcoming…

I’ve been reading Leslie Charteris when I can locate any of his works from the local libraries (much of the Saintly canon is OOP). A collection of recordings from the radio series starring Vincent Price turned up in the library’s digital catalog, but it proved useless because the distributor formatted the files in Windows Media. Even though the radio series has been in the public domain for some time, these episodes were crippled with Microsoft DRM. (The library takes pains to exclude Mac OS X users from their “free” downloads.)

Fortunately, someone kindly provided everything extant at archive.org. Some of the episodes appear to be off-air recordings; some are taken from transcription discs. As a historical slice they’re fascinating. The connection to the literary Simon Templar may be occasionally tenuous, but the show is an all-too-welcome distraction to a busy morning…

Beautiful snowfall happening, birthday, moving. Much going on, just nothing compelling enough to post… but, as always, watch for the sign of The Saint—he will return, and so will Armour of Rod.