1) Parents offer baby-naming rights to corporations.
2) Top 5 Regrets of the Dying.
3) Speed-dating in the Marvel Universe.
4) Eight historic symbols that mean the opposite of what you think.
5) A TED talk about sleep patterns, and it’s only 4 minutes long. Video.
6) I’ve changed my mind: e-books will ruin everything. E-comics allow users to leave comments. Yeah, it’s bad.
1) While I have pretty much given up on DOCTOR WHO, the chances are you haven’t. In recognition of that, a link: Warren Ellis challenges artists to create a photograph/original artwork depicting the 13th (and final) reincarnation of The Doctor. It takes a while for the art to really start coming in, so be sure to skim through the pages to check it out. Some is pretty cool.
2) “Vampire” skull discovered.
3) 600 Hanna Barbera Characters This pretty much has to be viewed at the original size. And I reject the notion that “Snorkle” was the main character on The Banana Splits. I reject it!
4) Brazillian Legolas of the cell phones.
5) A quick summation of the problems inherent in our student loan system.
6) Seanan McGuire, this year’s Campbell Award winner, lays out the dos and don’ts for folks who want to support an author with a new book out. Like her, I would rather people not send me notes about Amazon.com reviews. Unlike her, it’s because I’ve already read them. The other stuff she says is pretty much spot on, too.
7) Oh. My. God. Why didn’t anyone tell me David Fincher was making an animated movie of THE GOON??!! There’s even a trailer already! Video. It looks incredible! WANT!!!
1) Blind soccer championships, 2010. Video.
2) Gail Simone wants the comics industry to open their eyes.
3) Paul Krugman notices that Trantor is less dense than the state of New Jersey. That doesn’t even include all those Jersey Devils.
4) Normally, I’m not someone who laughs a crotch-kicks, but this sketch gallery of Batman being hit in the balls is pretty funny, even if just for the facial expressions.
5) What it’s like to be captured by Somali pirates. I put this here mainly for myself, so I can read it later.
6) “You don’t have to read my book to be my friend.”
7) Getting out of jury duty via Facebook.
1) Note to shoplifters: Don’t try to rob a store while they’re in the middle of a police charity event.
2) Deep Fried Beer. Linking is not approval.
3) By the time this post goes online, I expect this policy to be rescinded: School segregates class elections by race.
5) A treehouse for people who love fantasy and need cardio. Lots and lots of cardio.
6) In case you don’t have enough reason to be sick of TWILIGHT, here’s the toilet decal.
7) Alternative Universe movie posters. Brad Pitt as Plastic Man? Tim Curry as the Joker? Love it. via tor.com
1) Hobo Superman, and the sad superheroes of Latvia.
2) Hungover owls. Tumblr has reached its apotheosis.
3) I don’t usually link to “books as construction material” items, mainly because I don’t see the appeal of having walls you want to read but can’t, however this mushroom garden, where the books are both structure and food for the mushrooms, is pretty compelling.
4) Occasionally I’ll see aspiring writers say things like “Don’t pro writers see all sides of a situation? Aren’t they a little wishy-washy?” Really, though, no. Almost all the writers I run into have very strong opinions, most of them dopey. (Warning, that link is aggravating.)
5) Former RNC Chairman and Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlmen comes out of the closet.
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6) Remember the “I’m Sorry” people at the last Chicago Pride Parade? The ones with signes that read “I’m sorry that Christians judge you,” “I’m sorry the way churches have treated you,” and “I used to be a bible-banging homophobe, sorry.”? Yeah? Well it turned out to be more “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin” bullshit. Sorry, people who hoped for better.
7) On a lighter note: Library books thwart purse-snatcher. Good thing that old guy wasn’t reading books on his iPad.
1) Medieval copy protection: Sometimes people come to me and ask, “How did medieval filmmakers protect their DVDs from piracy?”
2) Choose (or create) wake up music for NASA astronauts on the last space shuttle mission. via @seattlegeekly
3) Reading, all around the world.
4) The Freedom of the Road wasn’t free for everyone.
5) Small countertop machine turns plastic back into oil Video. Put some solar panels on the top of that bad boy and I’m happy.
6) Why SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD bombed at the box office. “People say it’s become cool to be a geek. That’s not true. People have just started applying the word geek to cool people. Hipsters aren’t geeks and geeks aren’t rock musicians and rock musicians aren’t old school gamers”
7) Brandon Sanderson’s long-awaited WAY OF KINGS available at a charity auction. The charity benefits Doctors Without Borders. Spread the word!
1) Everything is better in France. Even muggings.
2) Trends in fantasy cover art for 2009.
3) Your monster instructional video for the day.
4) James Bond, Indian comic book style: “You hide identity for good. But there are Super Dupers who never reveal themselves at the worst.”
5) Seven scientific reasons the zombie apocalypse will not be an extinction event.
6) Rope gymnastics in India. Video. Honestly amazing.
1) Wikipedia’s lamest edit wars.
3) A Star Wars Kid for the new age: HALO KID! Video.
4) Our Daughter Isn’t a Selfish Brat; Your Son Just Hasn’t Read
Atlas Shrugged. “When little Aiden toddled up our daughter Johanna and asked to play with her Elmo ball, he was, admittedly, very sweet and polite. I think his exact words were, “Have a ball, peas [sic]?” And I’m sure you were very proud of him for using his manners. To be sure, I was equally proud when Johanna yelled, “No! Looter!” right in his looter face, and then only marginally less proud when she sort of shoved him.”
5) How to recognize a card skimmer at your ATM. via Mary Catelli
6) How good do you have to be to win the World Yo-Yo Championships? Watch and find out. Video.
1) Smart phone defeats hedge row maze.
2) Star Wars and Blaxploitation–how perfectly they fit together. The spoof trailer for Blackstar Warrior. Video.
3) How to quit your job. I don’t care if it’s fake. It’s awesome.
4) How to propose to your gamer girlfriend.
5) YA Dealbreakers. I don’t mind bad covers too much if the book comes highly recommended, but I don’t much care about vampires and I absolutely don’t read supernatural stories about rock stars of any kind (this isn’t as big a deal as it used to be).
6) Real life Yakuza review a Yakuza console game. Pretty damn interesting.
