Five things that made me smile...

tagged by cawriter

Well, I've already shared several of them:

* getting some work already!

* those adorable Disney Xmas Cards. I just can't help myself. Also, old time photographs of things like 60s office parties (also posted) and 40s call centers. Those were the days when one could smoke at work. There wasn't an obesity epidemic, but we all died of heart attacks anyway. Note: the library of congress has a marvelous pictorial archive for looking at lots of things.

* My brother told an absolutely absurd version of the 'boo-meringue' joke.

[Q: What do you get when you cross a ghost with a pie? A: A Boo-Meringue.]

He told it this way:

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* I'm reading Lloyd Alexander's last book, which has funny bits, but is mostly an act of remembering how much I love to read and how much reading has sustained me all my life.

* frostmorn's Xmas CD, which gave me the first inkling of holiday spirit.

* Oh yes, and this.

Publishing problems?

The true pathos/humor of this post is that the author doesn't know how good he has it. As pathetic as his experience is, most authors don't get a print run that large, a book tour, much less this kind of publicity, or even 35 designed covers. The publishing model is clearly broken, but I'm not sure how to fix it.

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So, I just saw the new Wolverine trailer, and was shocked to see Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins on Friday Night Lights,) playing Gambit. Apparently Liev Schreiber is Sabretooth. Weird. I read Wolverine comics through most the 90s, but haven't really kept up since.

Brother will no doubt comment on how strange it is to see these characters played by men of such short stature.

I'm more likely to comment on the question of whether or not this film will bring back 'chops.