Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Just sent this book, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!, to Weirleader because its exactly the kind of essentially wholesome but irreverent stuff inquiring kids love. (Weirleader–I hope both boys dig it but its more suited to your eldest at the moment)
Hopefully it can figure into your 24 books for 2008.
A brief synopsis courtesy of Publisher’s Weekly (via Amazon):
Schlitz (The Hero Schliemann ) wrote these 22 brief monologues to be performed by students at the school where she is a librarian; here, bolstered by lively asides and unobtrusive notes, and illuminated by Byrd’s (Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer) stunningly atmospheric watercolors, they bring to life a prototypical English village in 1255. Adopting both prose and verse, the speakers, all young, range from the half-wit to the lord’s daughter, who explains her privileged status as the will of God.
Some representative quotes from the review in The New York Times of December 17, 2008 after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
No. Frickin’. Way. — RockBand to Add Smoke and Light Show
Yeah, so I procured a PS3 on Saturday. Got Rock Band. That was the priority and FIFA 2008 will soon be mine. Oh, yes, it will be mine.
But today I just did a quick blog search for my Monday morning tech-crush news o’ the moment fix and I saw the picture above.
From the shot (since pulled from GameStop’s website) we see on the box that the item will be an “interactive light and smoke stage show” add-on to the cool-enough-already Rock Band game.
Gratuitous? Hell, yeah.
Essential. You betcha.
At least for any gathering where you want to turn the camp knob all the way up to 11 …
The ad bills it for Xbox 360 but what’s good for the goose is good for the PS3. And though the GameStop image shows a July 23, 2008 release date, we all know it’s just a kiss away … it’s just a kiss away … it’s just a kiss … away …
(via Engadget)
Carl’s, Sr.–Dead at 90
I know a lot of Southern California hamburger purists prefer Tommy’s or In ‘N Out but I still have a soft spot for Carl’s, Jr., despite their Paris Hilton ads and the lamentable dismissal of their once excellent hot dogs and fried burritos.
In any event, this is just to say that Carl Karcher, “deeply religious father of 12″ and founder of Carl’s, Jr., has died at 90. Carl’s, Jr. is the most notable chain in the CKE conglomerate Karcher founded and constitutes the bulk of their over 3,000 restaurants, spanning most of the states in the Southwest. In addition to Carl’s, Jr., CKE also owns Hardee’s, La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill and Green Burrito.
No offense to Karcher, I hardly need touch on the fact that Green Burrito jumped the shark the day it was bought out by CKE and is now a pale imitation of the stuff I grew up on in Hawaiian Gardens and Downey, California. Pero es la vida …
Oh, and their french fries used to be da bomb.
(via LAObserved)
You Suck at Photoshop #2 (NSFW)
Warning: best viewed at home out of earshot of the kids because of the language …
It’s (Not Such) a Long Way from L.A. to Denver
Hard to believe, at first glance, that this is a shot of downtown Los Angeles …
(photo by staff photographer at the Daily Breeze, Robert Casillas. )
