1) A Book by its Gorey Cover. And Part 2.
2) That Old Spice “I’m on a horse” commercial–and an interview with the guys who made it. CGI or no? via madrobins
4) “It’s like MOBY DICK, right, but with a white dragon!“ I’d better get started on my ROBO-MEO AND POD-PERSON JULIET story, quick!
5) A restaurant dessert like no other. I don’t even know what most of this is, but I want it.
6) Twilight invades every aspect of our culture.
7) The Brad Pitt Guy, Part Last. With bonus note-arguing.
Here’s the “Safe For Work” version–an article in the NY Times describing the program. Short version: it’s social networking with complete strangers. You and your webcam get onto video chat. You click “Next”. A completely random person from anywhere in the world appears in their webcam image. You chat with this stranger.
Of course, you could be looking at a guy in a cat suit (see link above). Or a naked fat guy. Or some dude’s penis. Or a woman sitting on the toilet. Or someone in a freaky mask.
Here’s the NSFW version, with screencaps of unlikely/unfortunate/basically weird interactions between strangers.
Seriously, that’s NSFW. Don’t even open that link with kids in the room.
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via Jet Reid Lit Agency
1) Darth Vader – James Earl Jones = David Prowse in a plastic mask reading Vader’s lines on set. I can’t help but laugh when I hear him say “I want those plans!” via Keith Calder
2) An officer shoots and kills a criminal, in the officer’s own words.
3) Every news report must be structured like this. via madrobins
4) Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist posts a promotional excerpt of a new GRRM story in an upcoming anthology, and the comments explode with butt-hurt Song of Ice and Fire fans complaining about the delay in the latest book. Normally I suggest skipping comments, but here the comments are delicious. I’m sure someone out there has already made a ASOIAF/DOWNFALL spoof, yeah?
5) The Scale of the Universe. It’s beautiful. It’s like church for atheists.
6) “Will they follow in the lusty steps of their forebears, the Golden Girls?” The nuttiest conservative Christian rant on gays I’ve seen in a while. The author, who apparently has a slight problem with gays who won’t read the articles he emails to them, thinks The Golden Girls sitcom turned a generation of young men into homosexuals, and it’s so wacky (and quotable! “Personally, I do not look forward to the day when we’re having moral debates about robot sex, gay jetpacks or houseplant marriage”) that there were points where I was sure it was satire. Or irrational hate. Or maybe satire again. No, that’s just more hate. Then I saw the link at the bottom to The Dark Underside of America’s Obsession with Cat Ownership and I swear I have no idea what to think (except: “Gay jetpacks?? I’ll take two!”) via Jay Lake.
7) More Macmillan vs. Amazon.com, discussed on Absolute Write. It’s an 8-page thread as of the time of this posting, but very informative. It’s also pretty easy to tell who are the knowledgeable voices and who aren’t. You even get to see an example of mansplaining with the wild (which is so incredibly rare, I know).
1) Two Gentlemen of Lebowski (I realize this has been going around, but I collect these links over time, so just assume I found it first, even if I posted it last, okay?)
2) Readers send emails to writers. Heh. My recommendation: never email a grammar question to me. I’ll just copy and paste into Word and look for a green underline. Then I’ll replay with just a blank message, so you’ll think there’s something wrong with my email client.
For the record, I’ve gotten more than a few emails from readers, and they’ve been wonderful. Thank you. Someday I’ll get a snarky or nasty one, and I promise to post it on the blog, just as I include the slam reviews in my review round-up.
3) All of Great Britain cries out: “Atlantic Gulf Stream, come home! We miss you!”
4) Biosphere 2, falling into ruin. Amazing images. via James Nicoll
5) Early notes on the origin of Superman. If you’re like me, you find Jerry Siegel’s early ideas for the character fascinating. It’s so different from what it eventually became, even if he kept the “Man of Tomorrow” moniker.
6) How long will it last? Forget about Peak Oil. We appear to have reached Peak Indium already. Like the guy I snagged this from, I curious how accurate it is. It’s a bit scary, though. via mightygodking
One of my LiveJournal commenters (thanks, geniusofevil!) mentioned that the cover art for Game of Cages is on the Amazon.com site, which I’m taking as explicit permission to post the art here:
Whoo-hoo!
Mysterious house? Check. Red lightning? Check. Windbreaker and t-shirt in the dead of winter? Check. A facial expression that suggests someone needs some killin’? Check-check!
And, because this image is a little small, the text under my name says: “Author of Child of Fire, a Publishers Weekly best book of the year”
Thank you, generous PW peoples!
Side notes: the polish of Man Bites World continues–actually, it’s picking up pace as certain distracting domestic sleep issues have been resolving. Also, I received the contract for the Russian sale yesterday. I’ll read through them tonight and mail them back tomorrow. Then, more money!
I’ll call this a good day (so far).
UPDATE: I uploaded a larger image so it’s easier to see.
via mightygodking
A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.
via Suvudu
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