Just the best story about Auburn University students answering the phone at the James E. Foy Information Desk in the Melton Student Center. Quote: “He told me that, one night, “this old woman called, and this is the only time I ever talked to her, but she talked for about an hour. She honestly wasn’t…
I hate elevator pitches, I don’t care how easy they are to sell, but lo how the mighty have fallen– I read both books in Neuvel’s Themis Files series back to back in two days and the premise is somewhere between Harry Bates’ short story “Farewell to the Master” (better known as the…
Read more …little girl falls through a hole and lands on a gigantic hand…
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What I call a bookbag. It is unfortunately sold out, but other items by sandsink on Etsy for your viewing pleasure here.
[from the stabenow.com vaults, July 10, 2011] Big conversation yesterday at knitting about Star Wars vs. Avatar. (Talking about the first Star Wars film, here.) My main objection to Avatar is that there isn’t one quotable line in the whole shebang. In a film speculated to have cost anywhere from $230 million (The New Yorker)…
Go here to look at the rest of the photos of the construction in progress. There are lots. I just wanna know if it’ll fly. And if you like that, you’ll totally love this:
Read more Someone is building a full-scale Millenium Falcon.