For all the lovely technological advances of our era, it still seems that part of the globe is at a disadvantage because of a linguistic barrier.
Take the the most recent example: the fancy schmancy new iPhone.*
Check out the ruckus after the jump.
I never thought that I would see Tina Fey surrounded by such a motley crew of neighbors. Read more…
Presenting Robert Pattinson, the mutilated pillow
Well I guess it’s a few degrees removed from reading but perhaps tweens need something to rest their head on while they read about their favorite shiny vampire. Robert Pattinson: increasing teen literacy one manllow [NOTE]
at a time.
It’s kind of endearing in a creepy, stuffed almost blow-up doll kind of way. I imagine he’s the cuddling type….I guess the advantage of having a pseudo-vampire to sleep with is that he won’t bite. Unless he’s got bed-bugs hidden within him–Trojan Horse style.
If you feel you need one to make your life complete go here. Com’n you know you VANT one. –>sorry couldn’t help myself.
| SOMEHOW, IT’S EVEN CREEPIER THAN AN ACTUAL VAMPIRE [Dave Barry Blog] From TWILIGHT EDWARD CULLEN Robert Pattison MANLLOW half man half pillow [Etsy.com] |
Half man, half pillow. Although I suspect that the manllow purchasers will be 30 year old women with cougar crushes on him.
Ever wondered what the most ridiculous book titles this year are? So have the folks at The Bookseller. The idea started with Bruce Robertson, the founder of the The Diagram Group according to www.thebookseller.com
[Robertson] suggested that some of the boredom of the Frankfurt Book Fair(the largest trade fair for literature in the world :::yawn:::) could be abolished (hurrah!) if one traversed its many, many, many, aisles in search of oddly-titled books.
Harper Collins, 2009
Pages: 368
Reading Time: 2 days
Deya’s Taglines:
Cover Art: It’s interesting that Russell Brand (RB) used “Wook” in the title. He does sort of evoke an abnormal sort of Wookie persona here. If I were to meet him I would ask whether he used a Bump-it or did some old fashioned teasing?[1]
