August 2011
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People ask why I love #EndersGame so damn much. My current answer is a deadpan, “It was published in 1985 and is on the NYT bestseller list in 2011. How ya like them apples?”
Really though it’s just an amazing story. You should all read it.
Otherwise I’m not sure we can be friends.
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Less than 24 hours into vacation and I’ve already finished one #book. This bodes well for the rest of my week. I’m a nerd.
I’d like to refocus everyone’s attention away from the Kardashians and onto...
– Olivia Wilde to Marie Claire (via monkeyknifefight)
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A Nerdy Girl Talking about Geeky Things: Feminism... →
geekyjessica:
Being “geek” has long been assumed to be a primarily male-dominated area. But recently Geek Girls have been coming out of the woodwork, and through the internet (blogs, twitter, etc) they are having their voices heard. There is a lot of hot debate in the geek world about geek girls being a…
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Rate This Article: What’s Wrong with the Culture... →
Interesting read…
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Ok I’m as excited about #pottermore as the next person but if my dash is going to be taken over by this for 7 whole days, I’m gonna be annoyed.
Is it possible to mute hashtags/topics?
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BOSTON! I am doing NAKED & BLOODY for the first... →
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Mary H. K. Choi (@choitotheworld) on Ending Your... →
Basically, we media addicts sort of suck at endings. Writing them. Watching them. Being remotely satisfied by the best of them. Did they stick the landing? Who knows? We’re so compulsively sophisticated that we can’t let the damn gash scab over. There will always be a bereftness, a phantom limb that we reach to stroke like the pet log in Twin Peaks (quit halfway through season two).
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A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads only...
– George R.R. Martin (via subvertcliche)
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I can't find anyone to go see #CaptainAmerica with...
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(via Season 5 - Episode 1 - Road Trip! - Bing Videos)
awesome
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Answering Dan DiDio: The Problem With Having Only... →
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Is TV Everywhere a carrot or a stick? — Online... →
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Exclusive Wookiee the Chew Messenger Bag by... →
Want. In a bad bad way.
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Shared institutions like libraries do more than keep a democracy working: they...
– Save a Library, Save Democracy | Book Think | Big Think (via infoneer-pulse)
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Was I disappointed that it was Seth Green (interjecting from the audience), and...
– San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Recap (Episode II: Attack of the Princess Naked) « Revenge of the Fans
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Kari Byron and Mayim Bialik understand nerdy girls... →
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My August goal is to read at least 3 of the books I’ve told people I’d read in the last year.
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Free Samples of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for... →
Free #books…need I say more?
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New Imprint Dedicated to Zombies: Print Is Dead →
#Zombies! And #books!
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Man Booker Prize 2011 longlist announced: Man... →
Now, the question is, should I make an attempt to read them all??