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Orson Scott Card Rips JK Rowling A New One

I'm sure you've heard that JK Rowling is suing an encylopedic fan site dedicated to her novels for daring to publish a 10 000 print run book based

Friday Fun Link – Book-Beer Pairings (April 25, 2008)

Book beer pairings sees authors suggesting brews that are best enjoyed with their work.  What brews go with your favourite books – a very important question for the

"Sliver" – Nirvana (and some thoughts on the downside of attachment parenting)

I heard “Sliver” by Nirvana on the Regina community radio station this morning and it made me think of Pace's current trick.  He now understands that Shea sometimes

Five Things The Internet Is Killing (and One It Isn't)

[Edit: Here's a post I did on an Ask MetaFilter thread on the same subject.] Talking about some of the most useful sites online during the past three

Read A Book For Your Health

The Globe and Mail recently had an article on the benefits of reading and good literacy to your health (PDF).  This is probably not a huge surprise but

LibraryThing Local

LibraryThing is already a wicked cool service but it's getting better all the time.  One of their latest features is LibraryThing Local which is “a new [LibraryThing] sub-site

"Waffle House" – Bill Hicks

That MetaFilter (which I inevitably type as “MetaFitler” everytime I type it) thread on libraries led to this piece of Bill Hicks gold.  I also found a blog

Link Dump (and Blog Survey Reminder)

Just clearing up some things I've come across recently.  I sometimes forget to make a note of where I found stuff so if I got this from you

Regina – The City That Rhymes With Fun (and Cold and Casino)

Skip forward to 3:20 on this video to see what I'm talking about…

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