I did a post like this during the coldest part of the winter so I'll do another one during the hottest day (so far) of the summer… We set a record today in Weyburn – I just did this screen cap below now but the highest point reached today was 42 degrees. (Does anywhere else […]
Similar to my FFL last week, Michelle L. links to another article slamming the impact of the Potter books. If you're going to buy her book, don't buy it for half price at a supermarket. As an example of a world gone mad, you couldn't do much better than this: a writer whose sales have […]
I feel obligated to note that none of the kids in these photos are Pace…unfortunately. Why Daddy Shouldn’t Buy Baby Clothes
Received this link from Chris G. with a request for any thoughts I might have on what makes a bestselling book. Coincidentally, this weekend I also happened to read a column by Stephen King in an issue of Entertainment Weekly exploring the same issue. And it also makes a nice follow-up to my last FFL […]
I just came across this image of one of the world's most popular (and longest) books where the main character's fate is being hotly debated today. Does he die? Or does he live? Don't say I didn't warn you!
This song's been going through my head a lot since Pace was born: And I'm broke, like a bad joke Somebody's uncle told at a wedding reception in 1972 Where a little boy under a table with cake in his hair Stared at the grown-up feet as they danced and swayed And his father laughed […]
“In 1994, over 70 percent of total fiction sales were accounted for by a mere five authors.” Just in time for the biggest book release in the history of the universe, a contrarian view from the Washington Post. It’s out tonight at midnight but rumours of leaks have been happening for the past few days. […]
34 – age I turned today 25 – age someone recently told me I was really at 4 – Number of gifts Pace got from Shea today 2 – Number of gifts I got from Shea today2 – Number of times Pace almost peed on me1 – Number of times Pace peed in his own […]
I have absolutely nothing to say right now so instead, will point you to Flickr where Shea has uploaded a few more photos of the Pace-man. The realisation has hit that the sole purpose of having a child is to dress them up in embarrassing outfits or photograph them in embarrassing situations. Here's one where […]
“Imagine a library that collected all the world’s information about all the world’s books and made it available for everyone to view and update. We’re building that library.”(via MetaFilter)Jessamyn West blogged about the site on Librarian.net and suggests checking the “About the Librarianship” page which says:“For the first time, we'll have an open, public, curated, […]
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