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I understand demographic marketing, but I got the following e-mail from amazon.com: Because you’re someone who has purchased books from Amazon.com, we wanted to remind you that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the most anticipated book of the year,...
I have no idea why my head goes to these places. Last night I couldn’t get to sleep, the nap I’d had earlier combined with the inability to get the right combination of music, clothing, covers and air conditioning just...
I forgot to mention this yesterday, but the abridged audio version of John Hodgman’s book, The Areas of My Expertise is available for free download at the iTunes store: In the great tradition of the American almanac, The Areas of...
Does anyone remember the movie version of this book from the 80s? For some reason, cheesy effects, plot and all, I loved it. I saw it so many times on cable by the time I was 15 I could recite...
Michael Crichton’s got a new book out, NEXT and there’s a “viral” website out to go with it, NEXTgencode. Check out PermaPuppy under ads (or here). Most impressive is that the reference to his book is kinda buried under the...
Happy Halloween everyone. I thought I’d gotten to the point where this was just another day, socially speaking. Religiously is another matter. But I find myself a little down for some reason. I guess in the past, Halloween and the...
Please do not let me ever again go to a bar on a night when “shirtless men drink free”… Admittedly, I had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs, but to paraphrase the song, Waking Up is Hard...
If you are not aware of William Mize, check out his site. Now. If you like mystery with… a little bit of a twist, you’ll like the Denton Ward and Monty Crocetti mystery series. I devoured his first book, Resurrection...
Sale Shoppers Annoy Grocers as They Save | NYT Grocers loathe the shoppers known as “cherry-pickers” — people who visit several stores on a single grocery run, choosing only the sale items in each. “I remember working with a grocery...
Jay Pinkerton’s commentary on Narnia: Lion/Witch/Wardrobe So: our child heroes defeat the evil army (though what they specifically do, what with the animals providing most of the strategy and hard work, is left ambiguous). After this, everyone rejoices and the...
