How Considerate

It’s nice to know scammers will keep us informed when they change their email address…

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Another Book Meme

(via Pharyngula)

Review the following list of books. Boldface the books you’ve read, italicize those you might read, cross out the ones you won’t, and place brackets around the ones you’ve never even heard of.

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
Dune, Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbur
The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
[Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras]
Cities in Flight, James Blish
The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
Gateway, Frederik Pohl
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
[Little, Big, John Crowley]
Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
Ringworld, Larry Niven
Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
Timescape, Gregory Benford
To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer

See also: Book Meme

Radical Cleric Jerry Falwell says something stupid and Glenn Beck is an idiot

(via Media Matters for America) On the March 8 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck, Rev. Jerry Falwell baselessly suggested that 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic, who shot nine people at a Salt Lake City mall in February, was a “radical Islamic terrorist,” before adding, “[b]ut the press never mentions that — most of the press … Continue reading “Radical Cleric Jerry Falwell says something stupid and Glenn Beck is an idiot”

Friday Random Ten: 2007-03-09


NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. The Gates Of DeliriumYesRelayerRock
2. Friendly Little FingerFrank ZappaZoot AlluresAlternative & Punk
3. What Do You Want From MePink FloydThe Division BellRock
4. Devil’s Tapdance Vittorio Schiboni, Massimo Giuntini, Rodrigo D’Erasmo & Mariano De SimoneGangs Of New YorkSoundtrack
5. FragolinoBilly CobhamThe TravelerJazz
6. Stairway To HeavenLed ZeppelinLed Zeppelin IVRock
7. Money (That’s What I Want)The BeatlesAnthology 1 (Disc 1)Rock
8. Sex FarmSpinal TapThis is Spinal Tap SoundtrackSoundtrack
9. AvalonRoxy MusicAvalonAlternative & Punk
10. Down the Coast HwyStan RidgwayBlack DiamondAlternative & Punk

Friday Random Ten: 2007-03-02


NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. Top Of The CityKate BushThe Red ShoesAlternative & Punk
2. Back To SchoolJon & VangelisThe Friends Of Mr. CairoRock
3. MoneyPink FloydDark Side Of The MoonRock
4. On The BusFrank ZappaJoe’s Garage (Disc 1)Alternative & Punk
5. Lend Me Your CombThe BeatlesAnthology 1 (Disc 1)Rock
6. Beauty of a DreamThomas DolbyAstronauts & HereticsAlternative & Punk
7. Cinnamon GirlNeil Young & Crazy HorseGreatest HitsRock
8. I’ve Seen All Good People a. Your Move b. All Good PeopleYesThe Yes AlbumRock
9. Concerning HobbitsHoward ShoreThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The RingSoundtrack
10. AbileneYesTormatoYes

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