Jose Canseco To Pen Third Masterpiece

The Tolstoy of our times.

Jose Canseco claims his third book will stay away from topics such as steroids and focus more on his life, the NY Daily news reports.  I can only assume this third novel will tell of his tenuous history at the premier magic school Boggswarts, and how he defeated the Great and Mighty to become the greatest Bats-man of them all. 

Seriously, I know this guy has lots of stories about baseball on the road (most of them pretty good, I bet), but after two books about getting so big your head and testicles are roughly the same size you should just keep up the trend.  Go into fiction, writing a wondrous story about a little boy who finds fame and fortune at the end of a needle.  Call it "Field of Misinformed Yet Successful Dreams."

Shirley Jefferson the Library Hawk Released

In a small update, it seems "Shirley Jefferson" the hawk that found its way into the Library of Congress (and our hearts) was released into the wild today according to the Washington Post.  I know where I was when I first learned of the hawk:  it was a mild day, wind blowing slightly from the east.  A chill was in the air and I held my jacket closer around me.  Then my friend looked up from his lap top and said, "Hey, nerd.  Check out this dumb fuckin' bird in the Library of Congress."  Ah, memories.

Self Epub Profitable? My Library Vampire Series Might Work After All

Self published ebooks on Amazon and Barnes and Noble seem to be the smartest way to sell an ebook right now.  This USA Today article tells the story of Amanda Hocking, whose self-published "Trylle Trilogy" has found itself into the top selling books list.

This makes me believe my own paranormal romance series could work.  It is about a night archives librarian who is secretly a vampire.  When he is forced to teach a class on bibliometrics, he finds love with a girl who is also in love with a werewolf reference librarian.  This is compounded when the vampire that made him, a children's librarian from Transylvania, begins working in town.  I call it "Bite Me in the Stacks."

Sue-A-Thon 2011: Sony Vs LG

In this corner, Sony in the black

In this corner, LG... also in black... Dammit..

The contenders:  Sony and LG

The conflict: two competing companies in the BluRay ring that are suing and counter-suing the pants off each other over patent rights.

The battlefield:  The courts, duh.

Why should you care:  Possible removal of some random products like cheapish Blu-ray players and the PS3, depending who wins.

Really, why should you care:  Um... I guess patents are kinda library thing, plus, it's all about media players, which could effect your patrons.

Where are you going:  To read something interesting or possibly watch TV.

This seemed interesting at the time:  Not really, unless you are a bit of a tech geek.

What's on TV:  There's a new ep of Glee... Did you see the one after the Super Bowl?  I think the Thriller mash-up thing was forced.  They should have just done straight Thriller.  I mean, come'on, they did Rocky Horror sort of straight but not freaking Thriller?  Prisoners in the Philippines did a better job.

Dude, why do you care so much about Glee:  I was just rambling on, can't think of anything interesting to say about this.

Why don't you just put up the Prisoner Thriller thing then?  Okay, hit the jump.

Prisoner's Thriller from College Humor

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Real Thriller from Youtube



And My 2nd Favorite Queen Song


Sony VS LG article here

Cat Cafes: It's a Japan Thing

Kitty, Don't Touch!  Pew Pew

An article on CNN's Travel blog states that a new trend in Japan is "Neko cafes."  These cafes are special in that they allow you to pay for the privilege to hang out with cats. ("Neko" might mean "cat."  I dunno, I nearly flunked Spanish.)  According to the article, you may not wake a sleeping cat, nor may you pick up or pet a cat unless it rubs up on you, which in my experience is every living creature in a coffee shop.  

Sure, there are times when I am sitting in a nice cafe and wonder, "I really wish there was a nice person to talk to, or a cat to ignore me," as I drink this slightly warmish coffee-colored wet stuff I could not pronounce, "Also, there is no random hair in this like there is at my grandma's house when she lets the cat sit on the coffee machine.  I should call that hippie girlfriend I had in college whose apartment reaked of cat urine, cause that's what I could go for right now."  

I do not drink much coffee anymore.

NYC Small Time Book Stores Getting Some Attention

As this NY Daily News article reports, New York City small book retailers are getting a bit of a boost while large chain bookstores are loosing money.  Why is this?  Seems the larger stores are facing stiffer competition with online stores like Amazon while the small, independent stores are places people enjoy shopping at.

I have always wanted to start a bookstore bar were regular folks could come in and we would quietly whisper their name.  Yeah, coffee's great and all, but I like to have a beer, glass of wine, or a body shot while I am reading my Tolstoy, thank you very much.  My place will be called the "STFU Bar" and everyone will know your name.

Twin Peaks Dude Making Children's Books

Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost is set to begin publishing a trilogy entitled Will West: The Epic with Random House Children's.  I will now speculate what this book will be about:

In a small town just south of the Canadian border, a small doll is found wrapped in plastic without a head near a local sandbox.  Within the playgroup, there exists many suspects, including: Kendra, the doll's owner who found the doll wanting at the last tea party she threw; the psychotic Bugs Meany, Kendra's brother with ADD issues who recently threatened to tear off the doll's head; and Sandy, Kendra's friend who was always jealous of the doll.  Only Encyclopedia Brown, an eccentric detective sent solve the case can find out.