My Fezzik megafig arrived today. I ordered it on September 29 last year and had my doubts about the order being fulfilled, but here it is. The action figure equivalent of a hippopotamic landmass, this figure is ten inches tall to complement the seven inch scale of the others, a nice (and necessary) touch.

William Goldman, author both the book and movie versions of The Princess Bride has died. You may also remember him from such other movie screenplays as Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and All The President’s Men, among others. I want to say his death is ‘inconcievable,’ but perhaps that word doesn’t mean what I …

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