1) My son’s latest Lego stop-motion movie. Actually, it’s part one of a longer story, and yeah, I provide voiceover work. (But just a little).
3) Did you know that Amazon.com sells cans of uranium ore? Here’s one of the customer reviews: “I purchased this product 4.47 Billion Years ago and when I opened it today, it was half empty.”
4) Teal and Orange – Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness!
5) Rob Liefeld’s Dreams Are One Step Closer To Reality “You know, I really like shooting this machine gun, but I really wish I could be shooting another gun at the same time,”
6) “Die Hard in a tattoo” Someone’s a little crazy for that movie.
7) Dan Savage talks to the young woman at the center of the “Lesbians made us cancel the prom!” scandal. Also, you can find ways to help at the end of the article.
“I am ready for the transition.”
–Denard Manns
Mr. Manns was executed in the state of Texas on November 28, 2008, having been convicted of rape and murder. His entire last statement, and the last words of every inmate executed in the state of Texas since 12/07/1982–some 450 in all–are available on a single web page maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
This is my 666th post on my WordPress blog. Continue reading… if you dare!
1) Would you recognize Der Fuehrer?
2) Money as motivation: “It’s certainly true that motivated workers need to feel that they are being paid fairly and adequately. Pink’s thesis, however, is that beyond that threshold, performance bonuses may actually be counterproductive, particularly when the work requires initiative, judgment and creativity.” The article directly addresses Wall St bonuses, but it covers a lot of other interesting ground, too. I have the referenced book on hold for my wife, but maybe I should read it, too.
3) How to make an origami swan.
4) Nathan Bransford’s Choose Your Own E-Book Adventure.
5) A pseudonymous TV writer/producer on Florida’s new morality restrictions on filmmaking in the state. This link will expire within the next two weeks. Update: Link dead.
6) Korean man marries pillow. In all my life, I never thought I would be in a position to type a sentence like that, but this is the internet age, and we must share all manner of human oddity.
7) New book reveals evidence that infamous French hallucination epidemic was actually CIA LSD experiment. In school I did a report on MKUltra, but I never heard of this incident before (not surprising, since so many of the MKUltra files were destroyed.
1) For once, it’s a good idea to read the comments: “Dear Prudence” gives some unfortunate advice about a sexual fetish, and readers take her to task.
2) A woman enters a comic book shop and asks for recommendations…
3) Venus de Slusho. That snow woman give me impure thoughts.
4) Bayonet 2.0
5)
Godzilla Haiku
6) Social networking site allows you to register a credit card number and automatically post every purchase (with the price!) online. In other news, satire passed away quietly at home surrounded by loved ones. Next month: a 3G toilet that automatically tweets every time you flush.
7) xkcd makes me laugh out loud. Don’t forget to mouseover the comic to read the second punchline.
1) Admiral Akbar leading the votes to become new sports mascot at Ole Miss. Shockingly, this particular “rebel” has students threatening to transfer if he shows up at games. Because that’s what important about college: the sports mascot.
2) Major retailers caught selling used lingerie. Oh, Victoria’s Secret, you’re so sexy!
3) Another way to lower health care costs. Quote: “Only about half of patients who are prescribed a medication for a chronic condition are still taking the drug regularly after a year, says Daniel Touchette, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago.”
4) Comic artist accused of copying another artist, with added moral complications. Lightbox ftl.
5) All 137 years of Popular Science Magazine in a searchable online format.
6) Quote of the day: “The problem with hockey is that everyone has a stick.” From http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/
7) Movies condensed into six-panel comics. Spoilers for various and sundry.
That comment I made about sending a book to a reader who has a grandmom with a blog? Totally not a joke. So I’ll have a contest. Post a link to your grandmother’s[1] blog and I’ll mail you a copy of Child of Fire, anywhere in the world. I’ll look at all the blogs, and whoever posts the most interesting one will win (Yes, I have Sekrit Reezinz for this).
Additionally, I’d ask that you review the book yourself online–positively or negatively, it doesn’t matter, as long as it’s an honest opinion.
[1] It does not have to be your actual grandmother. Or a real grandmother at all. Just post a link to an interesting blog written by a woman over 65–it could be your own!–and you can consider yourself entered.
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.
1) Part two of the screenwriter stalker story! with bonus Brad Pitt at a urinal. And here’s Part 3. (Here’s part 1, in case you missed it.)
2) More OKCupid data crunching: this time about “older” women.
3) Remember the American version of Godzilla from 1998? Well, an early draft of the script was written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the guys who wrote PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, SHREK, MASK OF ZORRO and ALADDIN, among others. Although their script was very different from the version that was filmed and released, some elements were kept and they ended up with credit. Sometime in the last 12 years, they posted their final draft online so people could compare the work they did with the finished movie. Well, someone has taken it upon themselves to turn that script into a webcomic. It’s not finished, but it is pretty cool.
4) Hot dog salad dressing??? 20 Unholy Recipes, Dishes So Awful We Had To Make Them. via Jay Lake
5) An insider’s guide to writing for Mills & Boon. Interesting stuff.
6) That “Ten Rules For Writing” article in the Guardian Part one, Part two. Those are fun to read, even the ones I disagree with.
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