I read somewhere (I believe in the xkcd blag, otherwise it was from Neil Gaiman) that the original purpose of a blog was just to put together a list of cool links that you found on the (then) burgeoning internet for your other geeky friends to read. Adding your own blatherings is actually a corruption of the concept. So now for your enjoyment, some cool stuff I found online:
50 funny Amazon Reviews - There's actually a blog of funny reviews at gelastik.com. People like Marky do this, I know.
Speaking of Amazon, they sell http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1593272847/, which I wish I had found before I did my Christmas shopping. I'm totally saving this link for E's Christmas gift next year. (found via Thinkgeek).
More Christmas Links:
BuddyTVs Jolliest Characters - I wouldn't have thought to put Castle on there, but it kinda makes sense.
A Squidtivity! - I would buy this if I had the money. (Regretsy)
An Interview with the Innkeeper - A hilarious retelling of the Christmas story. (via Reannon)
The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas - An even more hilarious retelling of the Christmas story. If you haven't read this yet, CLICK THIS LINK NOW. Just don't eat or drink while reading it.
And a couple of Book related links:
Bookshelf Porn - Bookshelfs to be jealous of. No porn involved, sorry.
How to turn your Nintendo DS into an ebook reader - If one of the presents under the tree would happen to be a new DS for me (I was along when they bought it!), then I'm ready to go with this and with ManyBooks, which has a ton of public domain ebooks.
Finally, Marky has done some brilliant literary analysis with the new Google ngrams tool. (LJ, and he is never G-rated. Yes, he can do literary analysis that isn't G-rated. Check that out.)
It's not really literary analysis, though I can also do that in a non g-rated fashion.
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