Ever notice how it's the little things in life that amuse us so much? More to the point, ever notice how it's the silly little idiocies in life that amuse us more than anything else? Well, this is not as much ''the little blog that could'' as it is ''the blog that enjoys going up the down escalator in your local mall.'' Will it have anything of real importance? No, probably not. But enjoy the ride never the less!

 


It's been quite a lapse in this little bit of nowhere, hasn't it?

Suffice to say, the Macguyver method of fixing the "about as effective as a dead mouse performing Shakespeare" phone line has worked successfully, so once more there is an Intarweb at our place. Huzzah!

But how to go about reintroducing this little bit of nowhere to the pandering masses? What fascinating facets of my life could be laid out before the general public, to much critical acclaim and lurv? Well, nothing actually. It's been that dead a week. So instead, here's a bunch of link-pandering I like to call...




Let's start with something perfectly benign and guaranteed not to generate even the slightest amount of controversy. The driving (and marketing) forces behind the Christian-based books The Purpose Driven Life and the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it, Book-of-Revelations-based Left Behind series have created a brand new videogame. Obviously, if a Christian organization is behind such a project, at long last families can enjoy playing a game that for once does not endorse violence, gunplay, bloodshed & gore, and sending out dangerous messages to children.

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/5/29/195855/959

So tell your kids to put down that terrible Grand Theft Auto, make them toss aside that Silent Hill pick-axe, and to hell with the latest batch of Umbrella-created zombies! At long last, we have a game made by Christians for Christians, where the true message of Jesus is laid out for all the world to see!

(On a side note, after reading this article, all I can think of is that Necromonger line from Riddick: "Convert now, or fall forever.")

And in a natural progression from violence to sex, sometimes people love themselves a series too much. While the extent of the lurv is debatable, and varies even within the fandom itself...sometimes you just have to wonder what other sorts of book-based sex cults are out there:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4996410.stm

Though if there's a cult devoted to being Dalek sex slaves, I'm declaring it the end of days, and should anyone need me I'll be sitting in a lawnchair atop a nearby rooftop with a bottle of tequila and a great view of the obviously impending apocalypse. Moving right along from having it laid to having it made, here's definitive proof that you've made it as an author of a popular series:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060522/hogwartsdino_din.html?source=rss

This has me wondering of we may one day see a new species of dinosaur that gets the most honourable name Bakasaurus Maximus. Ah, to one day have my own little scientific niche of infamy...

However, this dream may yet be short-lived, according to some worried experts. Yes indeed, like the dinosaurs the blockbuster novel may have reached its height with the DaVinci Code as its last apex predator.

http://www.lulu.com/static/pr/05_19_06.php

This can only mean my newest fanfic, The DaVizzini Code, will have to be fastracked if I have any hope of reaching an audience. "There's a secret code on the Mona Lisa? Inconceivable!"

And just for fun, here's The Link O' The Day: http://www.capnwacky.com/lists/list43.html which features a lot of cool ideas about silly-arsed HP titles that I wish I'd thought of myself, and really think should be made into Chaosfics one day.

posted by Phillip at 9:16 AM