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46 books for sale - $4 each, Buddhism, Various Nonfiction
My magical work of book purging continues: I was going to stop pimping my books on my own journal and just put them on austinforsale (which I did), but someone requested that they go up here. Take them all for $120 or $4 each and I will drop them off if you live within Austin city limits. If you want a bunch of them, make me an offer.
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All Except One/ The Adaptation of the Book World
There are those who say that physical books and bookselling will never survive the new technological age, but the creativity of authors and booklovers never fails to surprise me. I am particularly excited by the development of "book trailers" like the ones below, made to entice new readers into the story. Electronic books just can't bring out the ( Read more... ) -
Joshua Generation
I've been seeing a lot of despairing posts about how our nation could have elected Obama yet simultaneously stripped GLBT couples of the rights to marry and parent. blue_jay's post here particularly got me with the thought that "if God had brought the Israelites out of Egypt and not divided the sea, the army would have brought them right back into Egypt. ( Read more... ) -
Books for Barack!
Dear god do I wish I had money for this right now:
Donate money to Obama and get 10 signed or rare novels
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Boom de yada!
Today's XKCD is made of so much win.
Here's the original video.
This combined with the Where the Hell is Matt? video that is making the rounds - people in memeland just seem to be in a good mood these days. -
Hot learnin'
Those of you who know me know that libraries make me weak in the knees. I would be in school for the rest of my life if I could, racking up Ph.D's just for the hell of it. I don't even want to admit how excited I get when my favorite catalog porn arrives in the mail. -
Becoming a Bone Marrow Donor
Until May 19, the National Marrow Donor Program will send you a free cheek swab kit to get yourself registered in the national bone marrow database. Reading some of the myths about marrow donation is what made me change my mind and register, so please consider it ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Sex Ed
I have been asked to create a pagan sex ed curriculum to be used at a large festival here in Texas. It's meant to be used for three age groups - tweens (8-12), young teens (13-14), and teens (15-18 ( Read more... ) -
The Nines
I would highly recommend that y'all go see "The Nines" (I'm looking at you Sunshine!) The concept is interesting, the mystery is intriguing, and the ending creates some food for thought ( Read more... ) -
Things that deserve to be shared
I recently discovered the Midwest Teen Sex Show and I found it so hilarious and exciting that I had to share it. If only I had thought of this! The episodes are only a couple minutes each, so take a look, and be happy that the Bible Belt is not without hope.
One of my favorite blogs, The Wild Hunt had a thread a few days ago linking to a Christian ( Read more... )