And not a moment too soon, if you ask me. This convenience comes to us courtesy of the Overseas Vote Foundation, a nonprofit / nonpartisan group devoted to cutting through…
I see the Young Wizards books turning up on a lot of “If You Like Harry Potter…” lists these days — hundreds of them, scattered all over the US and…
But in the nicest kind of way: Tales of the Plush Cthulhu Yes, Plush Cthulhu! The stars were right again and a band of innocent stuffed animals had released Him…
I see that I’m a trifle late in finding out about this — dewline put me onto it (hey, thanks!!) — and after a little Googling I see that Chris…
So as a way to keep this dry-ear problem of mine from recurring (the condition having been, apparently, what caused the ear infection of early January), the doctor told me…
For those who might be interested, we’re in the middle of restructuring the Young Wizards CafePress store. Things are getting moved around, old designs are getting spruced up or dumped,…
It was only a matter of time. “Move Over, Buzz Lightywar: Virgin Atlantic offers its frequent flyer members ‘space miles’” Frequent flyers are being offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become…
Aargh. …A prostitute he knew years ago has made him a central figure in her memoir. Yet, if true, is this one of those “the-biter-bit” situations? Because it says a…
The first of the Transcendent Pig items are up in the store now. Some more stuff will go up later after I’ve finished remasking the image for output on white…
For those of you who were asking, I should have the masking issues on the black T-shirts sorted out by this afternoon — check the YW CafePress store then. There’ll…
A hilarious Heineken ad. Have you seen it?… Here’s one link… …or a different one… …another one… (QuickTime)… …or one where you can download and view later. (And to my…
…I was starting to wonder why OOA was all of a sudden getting all these referrals from Joey’s blog. The far-famed Accordion Guy has tagged me for a list-of-four meme.…
Sorry that the article requires a subscription — “Oprah Winfrey Takes a Guest to the Television Woodshed”, they title it… It was indeed amazing television. James Frey — the truculent…
I wondered why all those referrals from Joey’s weblog were showing up over here! The far-famed Accordion Guy has tagged me to do a list-of-four-things meme. I started it, but…
I collect these things, in a desultory fashion. This isn’t quite up to the level of my all-time favorite (“Headless Body in Topless Bar”), but it’s in the running. (Ouch,…
If you ask me: but then I’m biased. It’s a humanoid, Nita thought, as the figure came toward them through the smoke. What’s that hanging off its head? Humanoids don’t…
For those inquiring about the new Transcendent Pig items in the YW.com CafePress store: the T-shirt will be ready in a day or so. (The basic design is here.) The…
A little more about the details of what’s going to happen with The West Wing: Spencer’s absence will be explained by the death of his character — a plot development…
During a late-night session of the World Economic Forum in 2004, Bill Gates said the Internet spam problem would be solved within two years. …The statement did cause a great…
Well, good. A charge of insulting his country levelled against the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk was formally abandoned on Monday, ending an embarrassing chapter in Turkish criminal justice that has…
NBC’s fantasy White House drama “The West Wing” will end its seven-season run on May 14 with the inauguration of the new president, executive producer John Wells told television critics…
I could watch this for hours: it’s a shame the video is so brief. Sachiko has taken this idea of liquid architecture more literally with these stunning sculpture made from…
I’m in love! (Thanks to Blog of a Bookslut for the link.) (And I love John Bellairs too, though The Face in the Frost is more my cup of tea.…
“He usually rides [the cablecars] on Sunday down to the Powell Street turnaround…He likes to check and see how the tourists are being treated.” …At one point, he even kept…