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Libraries and Ebooks

Jesus and baby feeling the love on the new iPad Universal wi-fi.

Prior to Barnes and Noble and Borders, people got their books from the library—buying books was for students and lonely housewives (pre Fabio). Then along came Starbucks and iTunes, and sitting at a crusty counter drinking mere coffee in an oft-used cup was no . . . → Read More: Libraries and Ebooks

Cambodian Reptile Cow

Helga loves you.

GMCs (genetically modified creatures) are less known than GMOs, but are quietly becoming a reality.

You may recall a news feed blurb a few whiles back, which claimed that a calf born with snakelike skin died only three days after birth. The death was apparently due to lack of mother’s milk, not because it . . . → Read More: Cambodian Reptile Cow

Cheap Apples

Usually, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

There are exceptions, like getting a sweet deal on Craigslist, or when a waitress stokes you out with a free orange juice, but when a product,

Please make a talk!

say, anything made by Apple, shows up on a website at prices you can’t even get . . . → Read More: Cheap Apples

Bananas

The book that says it all, or at least what has been said before.

I must warn you to beware when a guitar-playing Jesus shows up at your “office” and asks if things are great. (And yes, he says it like that.)

He then sets a book down on your desk. It is self-published and entitled “Pay . . . → Read More: Bananas

Golfing

The majestic Alabama Hills, as depicted by Ansel Adams.

The surreality of golfing is enough to warrant that nothing more needs to be said—unless you end up in Lone Pine.

Lone Pine as a concept should have dissolved into a wispy ghost town decades ago, but it survives by the graces of curious Los Angeles travelers in . . . → Read More: Golfing