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  • Library Sets Up World's Longest Book Domino Maze
    June 18, 2013
    To celebrate the start of its 2013 Summer Reading Program, the Seattle Public Library set up and knocked down this domino maze consisting of 2,131 retired books. Wait -- books get to retire? Why would a book need to retire? "Boogers between the pages." Sick! Hit the jump f... / Continue →
  • Original Star Wars Trilogy As Pulp Fiction Novel Covers
    June 6, 2013
    This is a series of the original Star Wars movies imagined as the covers of pulp fiction novels by artist Timothy Anderson (of Star Wars as spaghetti western posters fame). I would read them. I mean, if I could read. I can't though, so I'll just have to make up my own storie... / Continue →
  • Bookstore Stacks Hobbit/LOTR Boxed Sets Into Barad-Dûr
    December 4, 2012
    This is shot from some bookstore that decided to pay an employee to stack a bunch of Hobbit/LOTR boxed sets into Barad-Dûr. It kind of looks like a safety hazard to me though, which is why I have every intention of pulling one from the bottom of the tower, getting buried under... / Continue →
  • NPR's Top 100 Sci-Fi Novels, The Flowchart
    October 4, 2011
    Note: Uncut and full-res version HERE. Link to INTERACTIVE chart at bottom of page. Can't decide which title on NPR's reader's choice top 100 sci-fi novels to pick up next? Any of them, JUST READ A F***ING BOOK. No lie, I remember one of my younger cousins used to have on h... / Continue →
  • Reading Is Fundamental: iPads, Now With More Playboy (Read: Every Issue EVAR)
    May 19, 2011
    Where was I in '72? Not even born yet, let alone staring at a bunch of jungle bush! Playboy has just announced the roll-out (like Transformers! NOT like fruit snacks -- those roll up. Plus some gush!) of iPlayboy, a subscription service optimized for iPad viewing that grants... / Continue →
  • Bathroom Reading: The Entire First Chapter Of Harry Potter Scrawled In A Toilet Stall
    February 21, 2011
    Somebody took the time to write the entire first chapter of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' on the wall of a bathroom stall. There's no way anybody could read that top part without standing up and shitting on the floor aside, who the hell does something like this? "So... / Continue →
  • Safety First Last: Driver Reading Analog Book, Kindle And Using Cell Phone Simultaneously
    November 3, 2010
    This is a video of some asshat driving while reading a book, Kindle and using a cell phone at the same time. Well, not exactly at the same time because he doesn't have twenty eyeballs (that I can see), but he does have enough bad decision-making skills for like six Darwin Awar... / Continue →
  • Well Folks, It's Official: Literature Is Dead
    October 18, 2010
    This is a real sign spotted at a Barnes & Noble bookstore. And the question of the hour is this: should we all be excited that kids are at least reading something, or disappointed THERE'S A F***ING 'TEEN PARANORMAL ROMANCE' GENRE? Option two, obviously. I swear, I'm so disgu... / Continue →
  • Iliterate Clown Voted Into Brazilian Congress
    October 4, 2010
    Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, a 45-year old illiterate Brazilian man best known for his portrayal of Tiririca the clown, just won a place in Brazilian Congress with more than 2x the votes as the next closest candidate. JOKES: YES WE CAN. Tiririca caught the attention of ... / Continue →
  • Clever, Veeery Clever: Portal Bookends
    September 2, 2010
    This is a pair of bookends made by Portal fan TriangleMen. Me being more into SquircleMen aside, I see what you did there. With the bookends, not your name. So yeah, great job. Now, here's the plan: you draw up some sort of short-sticked licensing deal with Valve, and I'll ... / Continue →