Book publishing, cuteness, and noodles

A friend of mine edited the Guide to Literary Agents and has an interesting interview about the book here:
http://writerunboxed.com/2007/08/17/interview-chuck-sambuchino/#more-655

(I got the reminder to post that link after reading janni's post:
http://janni.livejournal.com/411427.html

I hope it presents a better view for new writers than the other release.

I want to go to China to hold baby pandas! (yes, like Neil Gaiman did!)
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/uploaded_images/IMG_0179-736222.jpg

A post on flowing noodles, how to serve cold somen noodles. So Japanese! :)
http://bokunenjin.livejournal.com/153425.html