I’m in this huge battle to give up books. This became really clear in the Seattle move when the movers told me I was moving 5 thousand pounds and 2 thousand of them were books. I’ve been trying to give up books ever since. In varying degrees, I am winning. I’m down […]
In 1988, the Ayatollah Khomeini put a price on author Salmon Rushdie’s head. Rushdie wasn’t wanted “dead or alive.” Khomeini wanted Rushdie dead. I don’t know what the original price tag was for one dead author, but as of 2013, the price on Rushdie’s head was over 3 million pounds. The Ayatollah is […]
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where that cartoon comes from : that is from should you be laughing at this by hugleikur dagsson [i was so needing a dagsson fix]
Apparently I have upset a bunch of “nice guys” by re-posting the David Wong essay and now they are gathered on another board dedicated to “no hate talk” calling me ignorant and stupid, among other things. Fun! As long as people are all riled up though, here is Louis CK’s observations on women dating. […]
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I’m having this conversation with some friends. They are making a movie. My friends are also creating a comic book for the movie — or in more polite terms, a graphic novel — as a pre-launch ad campaign. It’s a smart idea. Get it out there, get it circulating, get people knowing and […]
where that comic comes from : that is from jim c. hines
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDOA25y6d98] *via :::the high definite:::