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Bill writes:
I made a video for my book (just out!) “Whoosh Boom Splat, the Garage Warrior’s Guide to Projectile Shooters” Please check out the link and if you like it, please feel free to tell your readers.
Glad to do it! While we can’t condone shooting your boss with a potato cannon… oh, hell, sure we […]

From the upcoming book “I Saw You: Missed Connections,” filled with cartoons inspired by posts on Craigslist’s personals section of the same name.
I Saw You: Missed Connections [Flickr]
Book Blog [MissedConnections.blogspot.com]

Hip Sips: Modern Cocktails to Raise Your Spirits is a new book by Lucy Brennan and Carolyn Burleigh which aims to bring cocktails back into fashion. An Amazon reviewer describes:
Featuring the drinks that made Brennan’s 820 bar the best spot for cocktails in Portland, Oregon. Beets, avocados, and berries take their rightful place a long […]

Orwell on Politics and English

I am a bad writer, because I am lazy and a poor thinker. [Orwell.ru]

Organizing Bookshelves

I had started to sort by color in our bedroom bookshelf, but then Susie decided to dismantle it for some reason. (It’s okay; I’d only ever gotten half-way done with it.)
I’d really like to come up with a better organizational system for our books. We don’t have a ton—maybe a thousand—but sorting them gives me […]




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» Baconpig. Zenith of mankind’s porcine proclivity or just gross? You be the judge. Don’t miss the Pig Butchering Guide in T-shirt form. # 0

» A man wants to know if jerking off into his guppy tank will cause his fish any harm. Just don’t forget to cuddle, I say. [StraightDope.com# 1

» An Atlanta florist is selling the “Broquet,” baskets of amply masculine cactus and carnivorous plants that can be given from one man to another. [BananaFlorist.com via Seth Godin# 0

» What may be my next car, the Mitsubishi Evolution X, goes on sale today in Japan. Next year for North America. [Crave.CNET.com# 0

» I haven’t really dug into it much, but JoS. A. Bank is having what appears to be a pretty major sale, with up to 50% off on Fall items and 70% off on clearance items. [JosBank.com# 1

» Cities collapse due to unsustainable growth? Naw it’ll never happen. We have science. [unsw.edu.au, creationmuseum.org] # 0

» Headline of the Day: “Men want hot women, study confirms” [CNN# 2

» We just cracked a 750 of “Forêt,” an organic saison from Brasserie Dupont. The reviews on Beer Advocate are sort of mixed, but as far as I’m concerned it’s a knockout: bright, light, full of the best tastes of summer. One of the best saisons I’ve ever had. # 1

» All Hail the Meat Cocktail [www.cyberbilly.com/meathenge] # 1

» In a nod to an icon, NASA Shuttle to Launch Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber. This makes me sad because it reminds me that Carrie Fisher’s breasts are no longer in the same pristine (and perky) condition. [www.space.com] # 1



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