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gravatar redux

A short time ago I added support for gravatars here, so that commenters (and I) could have an easy way to make our icon/avatar show up in comments. If you want to know more about the benefits, here’s an article espousing the service.

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sage advice, indeed.

An old pal of mine from the days of yore at The Bird has come up with some sound financial advice in this uncertain time, which I would like to share, because it is awesome:

“If you had purchased $1,000 of AIG stock one year ago, you would have $42 left.

With Lehman, [...]

YA for Obama

Have you checked out YA for Obama yet? It’s a sweet site created by teen lit author superstar Maureen Johnson and there is a shitload of awesomeness there. Friend me while you’re there!

An awesome alternative

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Ahoy, me mateys!

My pirate name is:
Captain Anne Flint

Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. Like the rock flint, you’re hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you’re easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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WTD?

The area news recently reported:

ROMEO, Mich. — A local high school football game turned violent after the marching band became a target of rocks and paint.

One student was struck by a rock and several band uniforms were damaged by red face paint.The game, which took place at Powell Junior High on [...]

Generation Dead II

Ooh, looky!

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I wanna decide who lives and who dies.

The folks at Satellite News have come up with a brilliant product: MST3K quote shirts. They’re quite affordable and there are a ton of great quotes to choose from. The one pictured above is my favorite (it’s always been one of my favorite MST3K quotes of all time), but I also dig this one. I’d [...]

Cybils 2008!

The Cybils are back!

I’m not participating this year (gotta get back in the swing of posting about books) but I’ll be watching eagerly to see what gets nominated in each category, and which bloggers are participating as panelists and as judges. Nominations open October 1st, so now’s the time to think about your faves.

made for me

Totally diggin’ this Librarian Anarchy t-shirt. (I just wish it came in colors that aren’t brown.)

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