Mar 23, 2009 -
In the mood for a corny joke? An offensive joke? A thought-provoking joke?
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Mar 02, 2009 -
Meet McKay Hatch. At 14 years old, the most "cyberbullied kid in the world" (this is your brand, kid, really?) decided he was going to get his friends — nay, the world! — to stop cussing.
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Feb 20, 2009 -
Do-it-yourself books are all the rage. This one suggests you can improve your love life with its DIY project book. Guess what this DIY book is about?
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Jan 22, 2009 -
A few days after President Barack Obama was elected as the 44th president of the United States, kids from all over the country were asked to send him letters giving him advice, making requests, and just generally being cute and hilarious. I am totally getting Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids' Letters to President Obama, and I think you should, too! Here are some particularly funny and touching excerpts:
- "Dear President Obama, I want to tell you hi.
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Dec 05, 2008 -
This awesome book, Hygiene for the Worker was written in 1912 and can be found on this amazing Internet book archives site. (Click on that link and it's like having the book in front of you — you can turn the pages and everything!) My favorite piece of advice for the worker involves how to handle women on their periods when they're being visited by "the curse." The following hilarious passage is from page 172.
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Nov 24, 2008 -
Finally! The truth about our beloved ass-kicking American ninja extraordinaire, Chuck Norris, otherwise known as "the world's greatest human." (I find it hard to believe, though, that The Truth About Chuck Norris was on the New York Times best-seller list.
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Sep 19, 2008 -
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World tells the story of Dewey from kittenhood to cathood. And what a story it is. In 1988, the kitten was abandoned in a Spencer, IA, library in their book-return box (!).
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Sep 16, 2008 -
Did someone say "studs, stallions and dreamboats"?! Yes, please! I need a review copy of this baby, so I can share some pics with you guys of Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon (stud), Tom Selleck (stallion), and David Cassidy (dreamboat).
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Sep 05, 2008 -
For 30 years, The Bookseller magazine has searched far and wide for its annual weirdest book title. In How to Avoid Huge Ships and Other Implausibly Titled Books, it has compiled some of the strangest ones to date. (The first pick set the bar for weird: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice.
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May 23, 2008 -
The Museum of Bad Art, located in a basement somewhere in Massachusetts, describes itself as "a unique institution dedicated to the celebration of artistic effort, however misguided." And by misguided, they mean ill conceived, misshapen, and ridiculously cute. I'm a fan of so-bad-they're-good movies, books, and music.
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