Monday stuff

[yendi]

Miss Kid is sick, so I'm at home today.

First, head over to Two Headed Cat, where you can find shadesong's latest column! You can also find nifty stuff by a whole slew of writers Murnkay has assembled, including the debut column by yuki_onna!

Okay, why didn't anyone tell me that Christopher Moore had a new book out? And why don't I own it yet?

(Aside: Chris's site is an example of "How not to run a blog," as he uses PHPBB instead of a blogging tool, and thus you have to click on each entry.)

Anyone who hasn't read Christopher Moore has missed out on one of the funniest authors alive. His titles alone are wonderful. This one's called The Stupidest Angel : A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror. 'Tis the season, etc.

Went over to jet_li_wannabe's last night and saw Saved, which was damned funny, even if it didn't cut quite as deep as it needed to. Still, a damned worthwhile movie, and it almost makes me like Macaulay Culkin (something nigh-impossible, in light of how much I hate his early films, which, to be fair, are really the fault of Chris Columbus). Some great performances, a few nifty concepts, and a wonderful sense of irony make for a fun viewing.

In sports, I'm glad my Gang Green is 5-0, but there's no way they'll be 6-0. They played a terrible first half against the Niners, and the Pats will eat them for breakfast. But I enjoyed at least part of the second half. Vilma getting his first INT is wonderful, Abraham scored another pair of sacks, and Martin has just been unbelievable. 5-1 was way better than I'd hoped for to start the season, even with their schedule.

And those baseball games. Wow. Stayed up to watch the end of the Yanks/Sox, and it was worth it. There's no better matchup in baseball, imho. And on the Senior Circuit, Beltran is just unbelievable.

JLSquee! Morena Baccarin will be voicing Black Canary on the JLU cartoon! And the same episode features Amy Acker as Huntress and the return of Jeffrey Combs as Question! And rumor has it that Adam Baldwin and Nate Fillion will be on the show as well later on (not necessarily with Morena). It's Whedonriffic!

Oh, and speaking of Firefly, for anyone not doing anything else this Sunday (like, oh, getting married), you can host or attend a High Stakes Party, at which Joss will explain, via conference call, why Dick Cheney is a centuries-old evil being whose dark powers must be thwarted by finding the jar in which he's buried his heart and smashing it. Or something like that. The point is, it's a Joss-centric, anti-Bush party, which is a good thing (our wedding will be roughly the same, although probably with less of the Joss-centric stuff).

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[bobthegoat.livejournal.com]

Yes! Another Moore fan.

If you want, he's got signed bookplates for free with a SASE.

I got the addy around here somewhere... ummm...

Here it is (gotta love gmail's search function)

In his own words.
Hey kids,

It's your semi-favorite author guy, Christopher Moore, bringing you tidings of great joy, which shall be to people who know how to read...

My new book, The Stupidest Angel, (A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror) will hit stores on October 12th. While I will be doing a limited tour for this dark little Christmas gem in December (see cities below), I realize that I won't be getting to everyone's city , and yet it is the perfect gift book (for the twisted), so Harper Collins has made up these custom self-adhesive bookplates that I've signed.

If you want some to stick in your gift copies of Stupidest Angel, just send a self-addressed, stamped envelop to me at:
P.O. Box 111, Kilauea, HI 96754.
Limit ten per person.
Bookstores can e-mail me (BSFiends@aol.com) if you'd like to have more.

A normal, legal-sized envelop folded in thirds is fine, but even the smaller, bill-paying envelops will work as well. The bookplates are about the size of a magazine mailing label. Don't wait too long. Mail can take up to two weeks from Hawaii, and that's not including my flaking on you. Please enclose a very, very brief note telling me how many you'd like. I'm not going to be able to reply personally to each note, but you will get your labels.

Hope you like the book. And yes, the title character is Raziel, the angel from Lamb.

Take care, and happy reading.

Your pal,
Christopher Moore

[amokk]

What kind of crackhead uses phpBB for a blog?

[yendi]

I think his webmaster did it. I suspect that Chris just emails him updates, and the webmaster puts them up, and he has no clue how horrible it is. I've got no idea why a webmaster would choose not to use any of the free blogging apps.