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NOW IT CAN BE TOLD

( fnord and writers )

Stephen King shot John Lennon (via TMN)

NEIL GAIMAN IN CHINA

( writers and photos and stories )

“I suspect that world peace and harmony would come about in weeks if people just got to put pandas on their laps every few months.”

AND MY HEARING IS EXCELLENT

( quiz and writers )

23% Grinchification 63% Cathatitude
85% Loraxity 63% Hoponpoppiness

You are: Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! is a story about an elephant with a good heart and an activist ethic. Like Horton, you’re a very nice person, and you’re very observant about the world around you. You are more likely to get involved with political […]

WELCOME TO HELL

( belief and history and writers )

Dante’s Inferno: A Virtual Tour of Hell (Flash, via TDG)
Previously ‘varked:

Haven’t Taken This for Awhile (Inferno quiz)

RAINBOW CONNECTION

( fnord and music and video and writers )

Why are there so many songs about rainbows? More importantly, why does this song sound like something Lovecraft wrote?
(YouTube, via Necronomiphiles)
Also: Cthulhu Pet
Non-silly addition: Die Musik des Erich Zann

VONNEGUT

( writers and quotes )

“All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.”
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will (A.V. Club, via Dave Aquamarine-7 Lartigue, who blogs at Dave Ex Machina)

LONESOME NO MORE

( writers and toys )

I did this ages ago, but it seems to have come round again, for some reason or other.

My new name under Kurt Vonnegut’s Lonesome No More! scheme is:-
Lisa Lithium-12 Boucher
Enter your full name to find out if you’re part of my family:-

Here are all the other Lithium-12s.

DOUBLEPLUSSAFE

( politics and fnord and writers and tech and maps )

George Orwell, Big Brother is watching your house
Previously ‘varked:

Big Brother Loves You
You Are Being Watched
Armchair Minutemen Rejoice
Big Brother Is Watching You

WRITE LIKE MITCH

( funny and writers )

Ctrl-Shift-M: Imbues highlighted passage with moral certainty
The Secret Keyboard Shortcuts of Tuesdays with Morrie Author Mitch Albom (Yankee Pot Roast)

LOVECRAFTIAN SITCOMS

( funny and chat and writers )

Welcome Back, Cthulhu
Cthulhu and the Man
Hastur & Hutch
Cthulhu’s Angels
The Dukes of Kadath
Shub-Niggurath & Son
Joanie Loves Cthulhu
The Facts of Leng
All in the Whately Family
Dagon’s Heroes
Laverne & Shoggoth
Mork & Mi-Go
The Andy Yuggoth Show
The Golden Ghouls
The Leng Ones
The Borea Hillbillies
Chorazin in Charge
Dharma & Gug
Head of the Cult
Married … with Cthonians
My Favorite Moon-Beast
(Part of today’s instant-messaging fun with Conrad. […]