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Randomness for 10/28

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1) Michael A. Stackpole on Cory Doctorow’s book promo experiment. via Jay Lake

2) The Game of White! MightyGodKing on board games.

3) Coyotes attack, kill adult human in Nova Scotia. What a horror. via James Nicoll.

4) “I just get naked. It’s what I do.” This ought to make Sarah Palin’s book release extra-special. Best part: His handler is named “Tank Jones.” lol

5) People trust experts who seem tentative in their conclusions, and amateurs who express certitude.

6) New form of bioenergy powering Swedish heating plant: Dead rabbits.

Thanks, Hollywood.

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How you can tell a cliche has thoroughly permeated the culture:

My son and his buddy, both seven years old, were playing Lego Batman–in fact they were playing a scene in “Arkham Asylum” where supervillains and goons stream in endlessly. After 10 minutes of pitch battle, Buddy said: “Man, everybody is running around fighting and shooting each other! It’s like being in a bar!“

Who is Jamie Nash?

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Well, for starters, he’s a guy I know online. Not remarkable, you say? How about this, then:

He’s one of the writers for this comic book, on stands now:

Blackbeard

I picked up the first issue this week, and it’s terrific.

And he’s the writer for I WAS A SEVENTH GRADE DRAGONSLAYER, upcoming for 2010. Here’s the trailer:

He also just put out a raucous short film spoof of the movie PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (warning: NSFW due to language, but damn it’s funny.):

AND! He also writes and directs a webseries spoofing the reality TV Ghost Hunters-style supernatural investigations shows, right at ParaAbnormal.tv. Here’s part one of the first “case” in which the investigators look into a haunted sex tape.

“Hi, I’m Tony. I’m an internet-certified exorcist.” lol

That’s who Jamie Nash is. He’s the dude who makes me feel like a slacker.

Randomness for 10/22

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1) From last July: Torchwood writer James Moran walks away from blogging because of abusive fans.

2) 21 News Caption Fails. via Adam-Troy Castro

3) Coal: Cheap. Abundant. Clean. Cheap.

4) The worst and weirdest vampire merchandise. So, so very wrong. via Chris Sims at ComicsAlliance

5) Happy Birthday, Planet Earth! Really? Only 6012? Because–not to be insensitive here–but you look at least four billion years old. via antickmusings

More Chris Sims goodness

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Diary of a Wimpy X-Man.

Randomness for 10/15

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1) Fifteen things to know about L.A.

2) Can you tell the difference between Dustin Diamond’s tell-all memoir of his time on SAVED BY THE BELL and Papa Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls? Take the quiz!

3) What, exactly, is a chachbag? Only a special, select few will know.

4) Posted by everyone, but what the hell: Vampires are popular because women want to have sex with gay men. Honestly, this strikes me as deeply ass-headed, but I’m too busy and tired to unpack it.

5) Miss Manners to “moderately successful novelist”: Do not put a DONATE button on your website.

Randomness for 10/14

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1) E.E. Knight explains “modeling” and bookshelf presence. There’s always something knew to learn about writing and selling books.

2) Honda unveils Segway-like unicycle. Tremendously awesome and tremendously uncool at the same time. via Genreville

3) Buy your own secluded Bond-villain hideaway! If this had been built in the woods instead of the desert, I’d be showing it to my wife. via seawasp.

4) The art and science of boiling perfect eggs. via Ezra Klein

5) Will climate change mean the near-extinction of basic food crops?

6) Here’s your word of the day: Procrasturbation: to waste time by pleasuring oneself. via Savage Love. Also discussed in that linked article is the ethics of sex with zombies.

Randomness for 10/12

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1) MIT students build high altitude “space” camera on $150 budget. via jeffsoesbe. It’s an interesting story, but the “Take THAT!, NASA, you spendthrift!” tone is annoying.

2) Wealthy conservative crusader tries to eliminate local library, drives 11-year-old girl to tears.

3) Here’s a beauty from Awkward Family Photos.com. If you’re wondering what’s awkward about it, look again.

4) WWII GI returns rare books stolen from hidden German stash. via bookslut.

Craftspeople and artists at their work

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Here’s a newly recut trailer for 2012, with all the special effects removed. This lets you really focus on the acting.

via Andrew Sullivan

Randomness for 10/6/09

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1) A new type of cloud is recognized. And it’s beautiful.

2) Manly men = Straight men, now and in the past? Not so.

3) Cops have their water hoses, but what do protesting farmers have?

4) Paul Krugman answers readers’ questions about the economy.

5) Facebook status updates from comic book superheroes. So damn funny I can’t stand it.