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  1. direstraits

    E.L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey

    I can agree with you here. Perhaps the menage-a-trois scene with the three professors?
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    Neil Young: Waging Heavy Peace

    I just found out that Neil Young is, uhm, rotund. I think my Greatest Hits collection of his songs has him when he was younger, which is why I didn't recognize him when he was pictured doing his Pono service.
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    The New DC 52

    Strangely, I think the powers that be are listening to the fact that people are getting pissed at the fact that people are killed in comics (but not really), and death is losing its significance as the end of all things. The latest I heard was Prof X getting offed in the latest issue of...
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    What do you pay for gas?

    Ah, gallon. So when's US going to change to the metric system? :)
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    The Olympics Thread

    I love this picture. I wonder what she looked like when she realized (finally) she was showing her displeasure at royalty!
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    Kindle Paperwhite announced

    LOL! That's me! :) You know, I never thought of that. :) And they say you can't learn about computers in a book forum. I will give this a think. I'm hampered by the fact that while I can fool the wifi in the house that I stay in the States, the moment I walk out of the house I don't know what...
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    The New DC 52

    My problem isn't that they need to reinvent. My problem is they reinvent all the time. I'm beginning to feel sometimes killing off some of the characters is a good way of putting some of them to bed.
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    What do you pay for gas?

    RM1.90 per litre of RON95. Which is USD$0.62.
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    Kindle Paperwhite announced

    You cannot do that on the Kindle device itself, right? I got BlackMart and downloaded the Kindle app for my Android (did I mentioned I have a sexy Galaxy S3 that I luuurve?), but it detects that I'm not in the correct country, and so no way to get to the loot. I could do Proxy/VPN on my...
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    Howard Jacobson: 'I write fiction. The others write crap'

    Go to: Howard Jacobson: "I hate the phrase 'literary fiction'. I write fiction. The others write crap' | Books | The Observer.
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    The New DC 52

    DC is all about reboots. It's like they are constantly running out of ideas and they go rewriting or recounting a character's origins. One of the characters most guilty of this is Batman, and I'm not talking about the movies. Almost every Batman book I'm mildly interested in has the writer's own...
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    Kindle Paperwhite announced

    Expensive. :( Just a shade under the price of a full Kindle Fire. And we still can't get ebooks from my neck of the woods! :(
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    F2K Social - Free Online Creative Writing Course

    Heads-up, folks! For those of you who would like to have some fun participating on a free writing course, please head on over to F2K Social - Home to join now. The course is now open for enrolment. As you know, I've taken this course already, and it's pretty fun.
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    E.L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey

    And maybe Fforde can learn something from that. Perhaps he ought to include some saucy scenes in his next book.
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    E.L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey

    Was listening to Brian Brushwood and Justin Young talk about The Diamond Club - they didn't read the whole thing before assembling the pieces and publishing it. Quite a feat. I'm thinking we should do one here. Crowdsource the whole thing and sell it. :) I just picked up Jasper Fforde's Shades...
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    The Olympics Thread

    It's always painful to watch close calls like that. For a nation that doesn't care much about football, I always wondered how on earth US managed to build such an incredible women's team. The population, I know... Which is why I'm always amazed at nations like Denmark. Medals to population...
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    E.L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey

    That is so naughty is so many ways. I don't know whether to correct you or to applaud enthusiastically. :)
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    The Olympics Thread

    Yeah, man. That Bolt. Such a tease. At least that's what Yohan Blake thinks. Let Blake win a couple of races then zap 'em in the big one! About that Ennis - I don't get that 'i got a gold medal now i wanna rest' reasoning. I'm like, just get on with it! You might get another one!
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    E.L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey

    That's titilating. Don't stop, bg. You have talent.
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    Brick & mortar bookstores- R.I.P. & good riddance

    You know, I was hoping that'd happen. Perhaps now they would COME TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD more often.
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