Gone with the Wind for Wii

A nice little book and tech related cartoon.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Sounds like the most amazing book...ever.

It's a Craptastic Life

I think I might have to watch past the 15 minute mark of It's a Wonderful Life* after reading this:

I am a long time reader and have been enjoying your "Questionable Moments from 'It's a Wonderful Life'" series, as this beloved Christmas movie has some problems.
But this segment seems now to be over, and I am wondering how it is you missed the most hilarious moment in that movie, where we discover what happened to Mary?
Towards the end of George's lesson, when he's realizing how truly awful everything would be if he'd never been born, he has a horrible thought. Mary! What's happened to Mary?! He demands to know from Clarence, who doesn't want to tell him. "You're-you're not going to like it George!"

And the suspense is killing us. What could have happened? I mean, we've already seen the entire town go to hell. His brother is dead, so are all the people his brother saved in WWII. The pharmacist he worked for is a criminal and a drunk, and Clarence doesn't want to say what happened to Mary? Why? Is she dead? A destitute alcoholic? Married to a horrible abusive man?

But no! It is a fate much worse than all of those put together! Because George was never born, Mary never married! She-she became a librarian! The horror!!!

*screams and faints*

And that, that is the most questionable moment from "It's a Wonderful Life."

(from the Sheldon Blog)




*This is actually a total lie. I'll watch all 24 hours of A Christmas Story on TBS, but I will not stoop so low as to watch any of this crapfest. Bah Humbug, Clarence.

For all the Birbigliophiles

Mike Birbiglia on This American Life

24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot

I've never even seen the show 24, but I was laughing hard at this vision of what the show would have been like if the characters were limited to the technology of 1994.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMLH_QyPTYM

"Dammit George, you picked up the phone while I was doing the Internet!"

Seriously though, I'm pretty sure Mulder and Scully did have cellphones smaller than bricks even in circa 1994 episodes of the X-Files. But I guess that may have been thanks to alien technology...

Kelly, I think you may have some competition....

Though I think your celeb version is much better.

I'll see you in hell, Pachabel

A friend of mine who's doing her Master's in music passed this along to me. It's a rant by Rob Paravonian, former cellist turned comedian/musician about why he hates Pachabel's Canon in D. And Pachabel's Canon must hate him too, because it follows him wherever he goes, trying to drive him mad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

Best Music Video...

Ever!

Is anyone familiar with "cat macros?"

Sorry, I know, two posts in under 20 minutes, I should be doing something productive, blah blah blah....

So, anyway, I think some of us know about cat macros with their particular brand of "catois." But with us librarians being so cool and all, I was thrilled to see lolbrarians!

Recycled underwear=more library jobs!

Here's a bit on the relationship between underwear and literacy, which of course translates into a link between underwear and librarians. Why didn't the NYT report that in the coolness article?

Bird Brains...I'm just not that smart!

Bill owns a company that manufactures and installs car wash systems. Bill's company installed a car wash system in Frederick, Md. Now, understand that these are complete systems, including the money changer and money taking machines. The problem started when the new owner complained to Bill that he was losing significant amounts of money from his coin machines each week. He went as far as to accuse Bill's employees of having a key to the boxes and ripping him off. Bill just couldn't believe that his people would do that, so they setup a camera to catch the thief in action. Well, they did catch him on film!

That's a bird sitting on the change slot of the machine.

The bird had to go down into the machine, and back up inside to get to the money! That's three quarters he has in his beak! Another amazing thing is that it was not just one bird -- there were several working together. Once they identified the thieves, they found over $4000 in quarters on the roof of the car wash and more under a nearby tree. And you thought you had heard of everything by now!! !! To think the phrase "bird brain" is associated with being dumb. Not these birds!

Secret Public Journal

So those of you who have talked to me in, I don't know, the past month or so know that I have morphed into a crazy fan-geek for comedian Mike Birbiglia. Well, now I will force my love for him on all of you by posting a link to his secret public journal. He writes about funny things that inspire further wacko feelings of devotion on my part.

A favorite recent bit of mine? So glad you asked.

I was at the gym. Now I know you'll have to suspend disbelief that I was at the gym, because while I’m not overweight I am the guy who could really put the brakes on an orgy. Everyone would be like, “Was he invited? Why is he eating a stuffed crust pizza?"