Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/11/dr-peter-watts-canad.html Ten Ways Space Travel Isn’t Like Television or the Movies http://www.satelliteinternet.com/news/ten-ways-space-travel-isnt-like-television-or-the-movies/ The Funniest Reasons Customers Reject Books http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/210048821.html “I don’t do books about elephants set during the …
Yarn Bombing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing The 50 Most Interesting Articles on Wikipedia http://copybot.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-50-most-interesting-articles-on-wikipedia/ A nice way to be remembered… “This woman who had everything is dead because she wanted to have a slightly firmer ass” Former Miss Argentina dies after plastic surgery …
Sweden woman’s ‘murder’ committed by elk not husband http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8384143.stm Man in Japan weds anime game character http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/footage-from-the-fir.html Why Don’t Vampires Act Like Old People? http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/23/the-virtues-of-vampires/ Abstinence-only rappers sing about the “Christian Side Hug” http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/25/abstinence-only-rapp.html Where No Travel Writer Has Gone …