"Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light™, extends his purview to motion pictures with this week’s release of Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage, an inspirational holiday pastiche based on one of his paintings." Wow, I didn't think there was enough substance to a Thomas Kinkade painting to form an actual *painting,* much less a real moving picture with actors and everything. - Elizabeth McCullough
"After the tremendous success of Back in Black, they weren't inspired to create a rock opera, or explore the possibilities of sitars and dulcimers, or collaborate with Brian Eno." Yeah, so? That's exactly what I love about AC/DC! - Elizabeth McCullough
"Our name generator can spit out over 463 billion different first and last name combinations...." via the lovely and fascinating BookofJoe.com - Elizabeth McCullough
"An ancestor of Monty Python's famous Dead Parrot comedy sketch has been found in a joke book dating back to Greece in the 4th Century...." Read the whole thing -- there's some knee-slappers in there. Tip o' the hat to the beloved Quote du Jour. - Elizabeth McCullough
"What I can say is that as a person who cares about books—and who would like to see a site dedicated to writers and readers become something useful—I see plenty of low-hanging fruit at Red Room..." Good tips here for anyone interesting in networking around the love of books and writing. - Elizabeth McCullough
"Alexander Waugh's eminently readable, meticulously researched account of the Wittgenstein madhouse might have speculated a bit more on how this background helped to shape the most celebrated of all the Wittgensteins. It certainly casts some light on Ludwig's extraordinary contradictions." - Elizabeth McCullough