JK Rowling is such a money grubbing hoe bag. She's released that "Tales of Beedle the Bard" book to the public now and you can buy a deluxe edition as well ( Read more... )

This is really strange:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7535840.stm

( Read more... )

You sure can find strange things on Wikipedia. I was looking up Dracula by Bram Stoker (I've started reading it) and through some massive expedition of linking links I came across the Japanese film series "Guinea Pig". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_Pig_% ( Read more... )

So in theory, Barugon will be made to die by his own rainbow.

Rice gives talks about shopping to school girls:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7524939.stm

Apparently Activision and Blizzard might be merging. Maybe Blizzard will have more than 1 game every five years that way.

So I am re-reading The Sirens of Titan by Vonnegut. I just finished reading the Gadfly as well. I highly recommend them both :)

* In a 1979 interview released in 2007, Douglas Adams discussed Vonnegut as an influence on The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy[4 ( Read more... )

This guy has come to talk to me every shift I work on Thursdays...

( Creepy guy at work )

The average adult has read only 6 of top 100 books.

Look at the list and:
1. Bold those you have read.
2. Italicize those you intend to read.
3. Underline the books you LOVE.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper ( Read more... )