Thursday, June 17. 2004
What if Lord of the Rings had been written by someone else? I'm particularly fond of the Jane Austen entries.
Wonderful! Thanks, Peter 
Wednesday, June 16. 2004
Thanks to Sheila on the Chatty list for this delightful tidbit. Seems that Rasputin's willy is on display in a new museum of erotica in Russia. In a more innocent age, it was said that Gregory Efimovich Rasputin's legendary power over women was due to his piercing eyes.
But a new museum of erotica here suggests that the mad monk's charm may instead have been, ahem, concealed beneath his cassock.
Measuring 28.5 centimeters (about 11 inches) -- allowing for shrinkage caused by pickling -- Rasputin's penis displayed in a tall glass bottle is, to put it delicately, a big attraction at the museum. Pickling???
Saturday, June 12. 2004
More badgers, this time rockin' out at Helm's Deep!
And, well, with banana phones.
Thanks, Ayanna and Chris.
UPDATE: Sorry, had a little link trouble. The Helm's Deep link should now work!
Friday, June 11. 2004
Too much fun for a Friday - Pie's Good. Be sure to hit Next and see some more! What a snortle!
Thursday, June 10. 2004
I was thinking (privately) that I hoped the news of Ray Charles' death at least would give the news outlets something to talk about besides Reagan's death. On that note, Amy on Chatty brought my attention to this irreverent piece.
I was still upset that NPR didn't do more on Ray Charles, but I'm giving them until tomorrow to do a more extensive piece! Then again, they screwed Bob Edwards, so they're capable of anything. Sigh.
Oh, my dear Liza, fellow Chatty, you have made this a precious Badger Day.
Requires Flash and sound, and is totally worth it!!!
Badger, Badger, Badger - Mushroom, Mushroom - Snaaaaaake!
Thanks to John (who already knows that books are sexy) from ChattyLibrarians for letting us know that men in Britain may make money for reading. Ahem! I read. I could use 1000 quid, thanks! Feh. LONDON (Reuters) - In a bid to lure men in Britain away from TV soccer games and into book shops, publisher Penguin Books will send out a sexy model to offer £1,000 ($1,837) prizes to males spotted reading a selected title.
The publicity ploy, launched Monday, aims to boost sales among men, who on average buy fewer books than women.
"It's to sex up the book industry, which probably needs it, but also to address the more serious issue that reading has fallen off the radar of younger men,"
No, sadly it's not a joke. Music icon Ray Charles is dead.
My favorite Ray Charles tune? You Don't Know Me.
Goodbye, Ray.
Thanks to Michael for finding a new quiz to waste my precious time! Gar!
My result:
Thanks to the newly-found Kung-Fu Librarian for pointing out the Jane Austen Punishments List. Ironic, cuz I just pulled a copy of Emma on audio CD to get me to/from Kansas City tomorrow evening.
Was reading Jessamyn's blog and came across the news that Nancy Pearl will be retiring. Who is Nancy Pearl, you ask? She is the author of Book Lust, one of the best reader's advisory books I've ever come across and also the model for the Librarian Action Figure. I had the pleasure of hearing and meeting (and getting an autograph from!) Ms. Pearl at PLA in Seattle in February. A charming and delightful woman. I'm looking forward to Book Lust II.
I've looked at this before, but every once in a while I go back to see what changes Kartoo.com has made. I find the concept of a graphical representation of linked search results to be intriguing, if not always entirely useful. It's almost like playing Six Degrees of Separation on your Web searches.
MoveOn.org is raising money to put out a new ad criticising the Bush Administration's continued ties to Halliburton, including a NEW, no-bid $18 billion contract. Want to help MoveOn put it on the air? Go here.
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