Wow. I had this book as a kid, and read it over and over. I had completely forgotten about it until it showed up on the new BoingBoing Gadget blog. (Amazon , Flickr )
Wow. I had this book as a kid, and read it over and over. I had completely forgotten about it until it showed up on the new BoingBoing Gadget blog. (Amazon , Flickr )
Hugh Laurie singing “Mystery”. From his appearance on “Inside the Actor’s Studio”.
The new Serenity Collector’s Edition DVD, which arrived at our door late afternoon yesterday. Shiny!
Check your Visa statement for July. If you have a charge for “vip tunes limassol” around the 12th for $29.99, you might want to call your card company to dispute the charge. It’s apparently bogus, and originates (by most accounts) in Cypress. We called, and they took the charge off without any problems.
Thanks to the StarShipSofa podcast, I’ve just learned about Algis Budrys. I’m not sure why I haven’t heard about him before, or why any of this books aren’t in our library, but that will be rectified soon.
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This is an actual roundabout in Swindon, called a “multi-mini” roundabout. Wow. BTW, the orange car is Thursday Next. ;-) (from this blog)
