Man, what's House going to do now?

An FDA advisory committee is recommending that Vicodin and Percoset be pulled from the market.

House's upcoming Bayer addiction won't be nearly as entertaining.

Two ways to handle criticism

Alice Hoffman chose to publish the phone number and email address of a critic on her Twitter feed, and encouraged her readers to dogpile on the critic.

Brad Meltzer seems a little better at laughing off his bad reviews.

(Aside: Meltzer's latest book really is predictable, and is also one of his weaker efforts. Still worth checking out of the library, though, especially if you're a Superman fan.)

The former is ganked from shadesong, and the latter from coppervale.

Of course, no one mentions the third way many authors respond to critics, which is to, you know, say nothing in public at all.

Found Object Art

Just left this comment in 'song's LJ, but wanted to share with everyone:



Seen today when Elayna and I were walking to the bus, on Orchard Street. Someone took peanut butter (we think), spread it on a flyer, then attached assorted found objects to it and mounted it on a telephone pole. Incredibly cool, and timely, since Elayna's in a found object art class, and she also appreciates guerrilla art.

R.I.P, Karl Malden

Karl Malden -- a damned underappreciated actor -- has died.