Chris Crumley's underwater photography...

...includes some really lovely mermaid images. It's well worth a look, here.

A couple of neat mermaid videos

Maybe it's my past life as a dolphin, but I've always loved mermaids.

This clip is made with scenes from a 2003 TV movie called, unsurprisingly, Mermaids.



Hannah Mermaid is a model who makes videos like this one:



If artistic nudity doesn't bother you, check out Hannah's Fiji and Torakina videos.

It's amazing how much speed they can work up with a big monofin.

The Golden Compass is coming to theaters Dec. 2007

I greatly enjoyed Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy entitled His Dark Materials. It's one of the very few works I know of that can stand proudly beside Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The first book, The Golden Compass, is being made into a film (official website) by New Line Cinema. The trailer is incredible! The art direction and casting are perfect.