“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.” -Robert A. Heinlein [Postscript to Revolt
More Roger Housden
Roger Housden: Ten Poems to Change Your Life from Book Passage on FORA.tv
Thought Police! Thought Police!
I'm a serious Pearl Jam junkie, so it bemuses me to admit that until recently (like 5 minutes ago), I've been an unwitting victim of the Kiss-This-Guy syndrome. I've been mishearing the lyrics as, “Thought police! Thought police!” Evidently, I'm not the only one. For the translating-Vedder-impaired, he's actually saying, “Drop the leash! Drop the Leash!” Yeah, I even have
The Great Artist
Michael is a big sci-fi fan. He bought a couple new books at the bookstore today, one of which was The Year's Best SF 13. When we got home he showed it to me, I flipped it open and the first thing I read was this quote from John Kessel's The Last American: Artist “The great artist is a rapist.
Interview – Nicholas Jones
via The Design Files Beautiful abuse of perfectly good books. 😉
30 of the Most Creative Bookshelves Designs
30 of the Most Creative Bookshelves Designs
Tattoos for Two
http://www.tattoosfortwo.com/ She’s collecting material for a book called Tattoos for Two about tatts with shared meaning – a really neat idea.
Mugwump the Nightmare Snatcher
by Spiderbite @ Etsy
Bookstore Turns to Homeless to Find Valuable Books
I knew someone who traveled the world as a professional book hunter. I hear there is a lot of money to be made. How do you get a job like that?
http://www.caiuk.org/publications/index.htm Articles, CDs, Books and Lectures resulting from the international child health work of CAI
See . Saw
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/See-_-Saw/56191
Engrave your tech
http://www.engraveyourtech.com/store/
Brian Dettmer – Book Autopsies
http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/09/13/13:26:26/ Would really appreciate a closer look in real life. Maybe I’ll catch these on exhibit somewhere… maybe?
iHaveThatBook.com
Sick of paying high prices for college text books? Here's a solution! iHaveThatBook.com is a new addition over at Librarian Chick! It's a social networking site where college students can sell, trade or buy used text books. It's also a fun way to chat and socialize with other students. Don't pay full price for text books! Librarian chick forbids it!