May 2007

“The Elephant Song,” by Eric Herman. Do you have the mentality of a five-year-old? Click here.

Clip from Babe. “If I had words to make a day for you…”

After Venus (who started out as Goddess of the Sewers, a vital function in a town where cholera should be taken as a matter of course) got promoted, her intern, Caelia, got the job. Jove signed the contract himself (in blood), and suddenly, she was part of The Family. Things went smoothly for a long

His bones are set up like a set of wooden blocks stacked up to beyond eye level at complicated angles in a laughable attempt to balance them. A model built “larger than life and twice as natural.” His bright eyes switch between sharpness and humor. His cheeks are pliable from a lifetime of overblown laughter

It’s hard to write about Carrie Newcomer; there’s so much backstory. Lee first heard Carrie sing in West Lafayette, Indiana — Purdue country. He was living above a variety store called Von’s (I think it was about that time) around what had to be one of the world’s most intense nest of gamers. Aside from

Hm…my brain has gone on hiatus. But I’m too lazy to figure out who to send this stuff to… A major research institution (MRI) has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest chemical element yet known to science. The new element has been tentatively named Governmentium. Governmentium has 1 neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy

Another chain-type e-mail I got today. It’s the last line, really, that makes the whole thing. 1. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired. 2. A will is a dead giveaway. 3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backward poet writes inverse. 5. In a democracy it’s

I went into the gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas….. The clerk farted and gave me a receipt.

Delayed one week.

by Scott Westerfield. Okay, I have a secret. I wasn’t all that thrilled by Uglies. It was okay…but it wasn’t my thing. Oh, no! Not a secret anymore!!! But read Fine Prey today, and was happily engrossed. Now, most people are going to feel exactly the other way — that Uglies is better than Fine