I can’t wait for this to come out. I’ll take bets on whether it finds it’s way to Indianapolis, though. It does have an Amazon.com listing so someday it will be out in DVD.
Notice that the chick leading the “rescue party” is Tammy Lynn Michaels, Melissa Etheridge’s wife.
I came across this link on Amazon.com today… a giant 5×7 foot book about the country of Bhutan, published by Friendly Planet, a not-for-profit organization. The giant photographic book is according to Guinness World Records the largest published book in the world. This edition is limited to 500 published copies, and each copy is built expressly for the recipient, is numbered, and can include a personal dedication message. The $15,000 “price” is a donation to Friendly Planet (a publicly supported charitable organization exempt from federal income tax pursuant to IRC 501(c)(3).
Books and big things — two of my favorite things ever in one.
Kottke.org’s Best Links of 2004
Roger Ebert’s Best Films of 2004
MSNBC’s Year in Pictures 2004
The Washington Post’s best photos of 2004
The NY Times Year in Pictures 2004
Discover chooses the top 100 stories in science for 2004
Amazon’s Best Books of 2004
Amazon’s Best DVDs of 2004
Salon Magazine’s The top 10 books of the year
Salon Magazine’s Top 10 movies of the year
NPPA’s Best of Still Photojournalism 2004
American Library Association’s 2004 Best Books for Young Adults
Popular Science’s Best of What’s New 2004
Merriam-Webster’s 2004 Top Ten Favorite Words
Inc. Magazine’s 2004’s Top 25 Companies
The Economist’s list of the best books of 2004
New York Times Book Review’s list of the 100 notable books of 2004
National Board of Review’s Films Awards for 2004
A Saving Solace
Author: D. S. Bauden
[for women’s book club]
Angels & Demons
Author: Dan Brown
The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists’ Club
Author: Bertrand R. Brinley
The Book of Ralph
Author: John McNally
[for work book club]
The Crimson Petal and the White
Author: Michael Faber
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Author: Mark Haddon
[for work book club]
The Dante Club
Author: Matthew Pearl
[for work book club]
Ella Minnow Pea
Author: Mark Dunn
[for work book club]
The Eyre Affair
Author: Jasper Fforde
The Flanders Panel
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Good In Bed
Author: Jennifer Weiner
Half Magic
Author: Edward Eager
In the Bleak Midwinter
Author: Julia Spencer-Fleming
[for women’s book club]
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Author: Iain Pears
Instruments of Darkness (Harvest Original)
Author: Robert Wilson
Lost in a Good Book
Author: Jasper Fforde
Middlesex: A Novel
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Pattern Recognition
Author: William Gibson
[for work book club]
Second Glance: A Novel
Author: Jodi Picoult
[for women’s book club]
The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel
Author: Jasper Fforde
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003
Author: Dave Eggers (Editor), Zadie Smith (Editor)
Cat Vs. Cat: Keeping Peace When You Have More Than One Cat
Author: Pam Johnson-Bennett
Chip Kidd
Author: Veronique Vienne
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism
Author: Linda Johnsen
Crimes Against Logic
Author: Jamie Whyte
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Author: Erik Larson
Good Vibrations Complete Guide to Sex
Author: Anne Semans and Cathy Winks
Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools
Author: Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest
In Cold Blood
Author: Truman Capote
[for work book club]
Indianapolis Then & Now
Author: W. C. Madden
Lost Indianapolis
Author: John McDonald
My Lesbian Husband
Author: Barrie Jean Borich
The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic
Author: Ramesh Menon, Valmiki
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Author: Nancy Milford
[for women’s book club]
Schott’s Original Miscellany
Author: Ben Schott
Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith
Author: JON KRAKAUER
Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment
Author: Ethan Watters
Weird U.S.
Author: Mark Sceurman, Mark Mora
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us
Author: Felice Newman
Really I had no reason to blog that, but I thought of it just now. So when’s that show coming out on DVD, anyway?
Update: A quick search tells me that the ownership of the show is changing, and it may someday soon be offered on DVD. Currently the companion show, Shazam, is running on TV Land. Hmm.
One Book, One City is an annual city-wide book discussion program organized by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library and the City of Indianapolis. The goal is to promote a city zeitgeist of reading and discussion by picking an annual book selection from a long list of titles suggested by Indianapolis residents.
In 2004, the program’s third year, residents were asked to suggest books following a theme: representing either “America’s Finest Hour” or “America’s Darkest Hour.”
Check out the movie trailer for Tim Burton’s Willy Wonka And the Chocolate Factory, starring Johnny Depp. There’s a lot of stuff I recognize there, especially in Depp’s portrayal, which is clearly an homage to Gene Wilder.
A super cool Flash book report on the book How To Kill A Mockingbird. I didn’t remember so many pirates or sharks or explosions in the book though. I’ll have to read it again.
Those are some skilled pirates — flinging bears from the backs of flaming sharks.
Here’s the online clip (courtesy of ifilm) of the Desperate Housewives promo of Monday Night Football.
it’s silly at worst and just plain tame at best. What the hell is up with people that this is what they’re protesting? What are people smoking these days, anyway?
I’m sorry, but it’s a handful of religious nutjobs who suddenly think they have a voice and some kind of power who are squealing about these things, and the media is stupid enough to give them a voice. That’s just incredibly dumb.
“In 1884, a wealthy widow named Sarah L. Winchester began a construction project of such magnitude that it was to occupy the lives of carpenters and craftsmen until her death thirty-eight years later. The Victorian mansion, designed and built by the Winchester Rifle heiress, is filled with so many unexplained oddities, that it has come to be known as the Winchester Mystery House. Sarah Winchester built a home that is an architectural marvel. Unlike most homes of its era, this 160-room Victorian mansion had modern heating and sewer systems, gas lights that operated by pressing a button, three working elevators, and 47 fireplaces. From rambling roofs and exquisite hand inlaid parquet floors to the gold and silver chandeliers and Tiffany art glass windows, you will be impressed by the staggering amount of creativity, energy, and expense poured into each and every detail.