First OffDeclarations from the Soap BoxThursday, January 19, 2006Beowulf (2007)Beowulf as written by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman? Directed by Zemeckis? Geekgasm. Can I preorder tix now? --Ian Read more at www.imdb.com/title/tt04... BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple addresses iTunes concernsAnd again, witness the power of blogs. Apple, I think generally, are great. Not quite great like google, who I'm certain are actually plotting world domination, turning us all into GoogleBorg, or something, but Apple's still pretty great. I wish I had more to add to the IP and privacy and etc. debate, but alas and alack... I'm just happy there are others out there doing good work. --Ian Read more at news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/tec... BBC NEWS | Europe | Dead whale left outside embassyI'm in love with this kind of pranksterism/ demonstration/ what have you. As opposed to trying to suicidally directly oppose the Japanese whalers, this actually makes a point, and anyone calling Greenpeace stupid for this stunt is obviously just... well, retarded themselves, to be blunt. Now, can we get a pile of dead US soldiers and Iraqi civilians to dump on the White House lawn? --Ian Read more at news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/eur... I <3 Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc. ReduxSame store, round two. Drop $100 and get: Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing vols. 2-7 Y the Last Man vols. 1-3 Skreemer & Enigma by Peter Milligan Our Cancer Year, signed by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom & Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctrow I so win.--Ian Read more at halfpricebooks.com/ Tuesday, January 17, 2006
I just sold a copy of Same Difference to a sweaty fanboy who came in looking for a Green Lantern trade we didn't have in stock. Not only did I accomplish my goal of selling it within a week (1.5 days on the shelf, to be exact), I sold it to someone looking for superheroes. Go ahead, worship me.
Monday, January 16, 2006I <3 Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc. Howard Cruse's Stuck Rubber Baby. Personalized to Jim Hightower. For $1.48. With an additional 15% off.I win.That is all.--Ian Read more at halfpricebooks.com/ LinksArchives23.04.00 30.04.00 11.06.00 18.06.00 25.06.00 02.07.00 09.07.00 16.07.00 23.07.00 30.07.00 13.08.00 20.08.00 17.09.00 24.09.00 01.10.00 15.10.00 22.10.00 29.10.00 14.01.01 21.01.01 03.06.01 10.06.01 17.06.01 24.06.01 08.07.01 15.07.01 22.07.01 29.07.01 12.08.01 30.12.01 10.03.02 17.03.02 14.04.02 12.05.02 19.05.02 26.05.02 02.06.02 09.06.02 16.06.02 23.06.02 30.06.02 07.07.02 21.07.02 04.08.02 18.08.02 25.08.02 01.09.02 08.09.02 15.09.02 06.10.02 13.10.02 27.10.02 10.11.02 24.11.02 01.12.02 05.01.03 02.02.03 16.02.03 27.04.03 08.06.03 15.06.03 04.01.04 18.12.05 25.12.05 08.01.06 15.01.06 22.01.06 29.01.06 19.03.06 02.07.06 16.07.06 04.05.08 25.05.08 |