Ms. E, a school librarian, posts on her blog that she plans to read “The Hallo-wiener” to students this week. It’s the story of Oscar the Wiener Dog who dresses up like a hot dog on Halloween. Another wiener dog idea I should’ve had before someone else, in this case, Dave Pilkey.
I remember Gary Larson! I remember Far Side!
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Listening to this UK interview with Philip Hoare, author of “Leviathan” now. Still haven’t tracked down a copy of the book yet.
Some good stuff in this interview. The dude is really into whales, that’s for sure.
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I promise that the next time I post a picture of this historical marker on my blog that it will be me standing next to the marker.
And I promise that I will be wearing a Herman Melville t-shirt.
This handmade Moby Dick cover is awesome (click it!)
Cynical-c blog has compiled some hilarious bad reviews of Moby Dick from Amazon.com. Here’s a couple examples, but go read them all.
“I hate Moby Dick. I hate Captain Ahab. I especially hate Herman Melville for writing this novel. It was not popular when it was initially published, and I don’t understand why it is popular now. This book is not a fine wine, it does not get better with age. The story is overblown, the characterizations are horrible, and it is impossible to connect in any way with what you read. Had Melville cut this book down to about 25 pages, that would be bearable. Unfortunatly, he never stopped writing, and if he were alive today, he would probably still be adding onto Moby Dick. The only people who like this book are english teachers who derive a feeling of moral superiority from forcing others to read this incredibly bad novel.”
“His writing style and sentence structure are poor. It is hard to read. like work. Doubt he could get published today.”
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