Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Things Sean Connery Should Say

What it says: Link.

Via Pomplamoose.

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Emerging trends in YA supernatural lit.

The Penny Arcade guys were having a go at trying to figure out what would gain popularity once vampires lost their allure:


But apparently they've decided that their first impressions were mistaken. The book even has it's own trailer.

The Tetris God



Via College Humor.


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Saturday, December 5, 2009

The science behind roommate conflicts

Extra-terresoteriology

Apparently our peeps were discussing life in the universe last month.

This article seemed to be attempting to try dredge up any conflicts between Catholic doctrine vs. life on other planets controversial.

But the conference itself was apparently more dedicated to the discussion of astrobiological science rather than it's intersection with theology per se.

Tickle Me Emo

Not right (but I've thought it so many times):

Girls Guild

The Girls Guild: An ancient esoteric order for girls.

Conveniently Creative Commons licensed.

Via Boing Boing.

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The Benefits & Dangers of a Soy-heavy Diet

Given the edamame currently in our freezer I thought you might find this Boing Boing article of interest.

You should probably read the article for details but, long story short: The less processed the soybeans, the better they are for you.

Relationship discussion from the RPG crowd

Looks like someone's followed up a little on the Love Widget theme:

Sex Advice from D&D Players

Warning: Parental advisory should probably be issued for some of the entries.

Via Boing Boing.

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Vamping

Your icy kiss
- via the FMyLife blog.

Shimmering with life
- via the FMyLife blog.

Meetup for Weirdos (But who am I to point fingers?)
- via Boing Boing

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Snarky bookseller converasations

The BookMine website has collected a number of conversations over the years:


(Older gentleman calls)

I see you have a book titled "---" listed on your web site for $200

Ok

I am the author.

Ok

That book originally sold for under $20

Ok

How can you justify that?

Justify what?

Charging so much!

That's what it's worth. Look it up on Bookfinder

You will make more on the book than I did

I guess I should feel bad about that! If it makes you feel better, you could adjust for inflation (30 years)

I just doesn't seem right

It's the free market at work. You shouldn't have written such a good book

I will take that as a compliment

It was

And plenty more similar conversations where that came from.

Via Boing Boing.

Babies - The motion picture



A documentary on, what else, four infants from around the world. Trailer is cute and heartwarming beyond belief!

Via Boing Boing.

Marsh Gods

A fantasy story Adrienne's might enjoy.

Page here.

Direct link to mp3 here.

Failure & Success!

You may be aware of the Fail blog, but what about the one chronicling Success?