Author Archives: Mark A.

In class tonight there seemed to be some interest in Jonathan Foer’s new book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It is a truly beautiful book. Go get it. Go here to see a video of JSF talk about the new novel. And if you can make it, go here in Austin to see him in […]

Yahoo now has a search engine that allows you to search for material containing a Creative Commons license. Unlike a typical copyright, a piece of intellectual property licensed under Creative Commons may be used or changed without written permission from the author. Support it if you can…it’s a good thing.

Can we just abolish the entire goverment of Flordia and start over? Because really, they’ve just been waaaay more trouble than they’re worth lately.

Remember that scene in Fight Club where Tyler and Narrator are discussing famous people they would like to fight? Well, I’d pick Bill O’Reilly. He’s such an ass. I don’t understand why his guests suddenly become mental midgets when confronted by that bully. He threaten to turn my mike off? I’d spit in his mouth. […]

I may bid on this item. I mean, if it can exorcise demons from Barbie, I can’t even imagine what it could do for me!

This web site is strangely addictive. Tip: Type in an author or title that has been published a lot. Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Stephen King. Any of those will work great. When the art starts you can click on it for a close-up of the individual works. Click onto the white background to resume the […]

This story is one man’s attempt to get retailers to check the signature on his credit card slips. He signs all kinds of different names on credit card slips, including “I Do Not Authorize,” and no one questions him. FYI- I used to sign my credit card slips as “Kato Kaelin,” but I stopped when […]

This blog has had two hundred hits. I’m amazed. Truly.

Are you kidding me? And they’ve confiscated the woman’s computer. Just in case there is anything illegal on it. God help the woman if she has an image from Queer as Folk.. If images of femme lesbians will result in a termination from a job and will also get your computer confiscated, then no doubt […]

I’m not even going to try and mask what this link is. This person is selling a haunted Nintendo. That’s right…haunted. He says voices and laughter occur when you play it. The sad part about this is that as of posting time the current bid is $152 with two days left in the auction. What […]