Bookshelf Meme

Taken from alfvaen because he beat me to ronebof's list.

Instructions: Take this list of authors, remove or strike through those whose efforts do not grace your shelves, and bring the list up to ten by adding some more that do. New paragraph indicates newly added authors.

J.R.R. Tolkien
William Shakespeare
Steven Brust
Arthur C. Clarke
Neil Gaiman
Frank Herbert
John Barnes
Isaac Asimov
C.J. Cherryh
Tanith Lee

Iain Banks
Jeanette Winterson
Haruki Murakami

Like Greased Lightning

Seen The Princess Bride? Always wondered if Lightning Quicksand was just a movie trick? Your questions are answered here at the University of Twente's Dry Quicksand homepage, complete with movies.

Penny-Arcade

Is not funny*, but this feature is delightful. Slashdot's also hosting it, so I don't mind doing a bit of direct-linking. Make clicky with the piccys to visit the /. page:




* No, really, this has been proven in multiple parallel studies.