Show 22 - Books, Blogs and Babes
An Explanation This week there are some audio problems near the end of the show. Sorry if a few parts are hard to understand, we appreciate your patience with us.
Random Fandom of the Week Some of our favorite books: We share our love of reading and some of the many books we have enjoyed over the years.
Book Links: The Chronicles of Narnia, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie, Wind in the Willows: Mr. Toad, The Story of Language, The Velveteen Rabbit.
Are You a Literature Abuser? We laugh about this test and the fact that we meet the criteria for Literature Abuse, although we don't feel we abuse literature.
Books We Want to Read We talk about three books on our to-read list: White House Chef, The Seventeen Traditions and Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease.
Books We are Not Planning to Read Although we love most types of books, there is one genre we avoid at all costs: "Bodice-Rippers." We also mention the Bullwer-Lytton Awards.
The AudioPhile Reviews Joanna features two free audio book sites: Librivox and PodioBooks.
Books, Babes and the Internet We mock a common stereotype in the media about women who read, and the assumption that they are "not hot."
Links: Bookslut, Judging a Book by Its Cover: Books About Eating, On being a Cookbookslut.
Nut of the Week Laurie describes discovering the story about an astronaut arrested at the airport. Needless to say, this story could not go un-lauded on Random Fandom. Joanna tells us about the hilarious episode of Quirky Nomads, called "Love Triangle" posted on the same day the astronaut story broke.
From PenPals to Podcasts: Communication in Many Forms Joanna shares her experiences creating content for the internet, starting with her "Eclectic Magazine" for young people. In 1999 she went on to create her blog, eclectica. Currently, she is host of Random Fandom. Who knows what the future will hold?!
Funky Food We share two "mystery meat" recipes: Brawn and Coconut Beer Batter Spam with Raspberry Horse.
To make up for the horrible recipes above, we provide a wonderful snack recipe: Apricot Nut Supreme Brownies.
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Children and Paris We share our enjoyment of a children's book: "The Family Under the Bridge" by Natalie Savage Carlson.
Featured Artist of the Week Artist: Katy Wehr Song Title: "Robin and Darling Go To Paris" Links: Official Website for Katy Wehr, Katy Wehr's Page at Rolling Stone, Katy Wehr at the Podsafe Music Network Thanks to Katy Weher for generously allowing us to play her song on Random Fandom.
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2 Comments:
Seeing as no one as commented yet, I will take it upon myself to start this thread... oh the joy.
Books, huh? Not much to say 'bout books besides they have a cover with a pretty picture and a back cover with lots of letters and a bunch of letters in the middle.
We do we need so many pages of letters? Come on! 350 pages of letters? I don't see the point.
I like the alphabet, 25 letters is all we need.
If you can't read it in 25 letters it's probably not worth reading.
Take traffic signals for instance.
"STOP" "YIELD" "MERGE"
Simple and straight to the point, and easy on the letters.
Folks, let's not take letters for granted.
Did you know that all the letters that are on the earth have been the same since the dawn of time?
That's right there are no new letters forming or falling from the sky.
We must work to protect the letters we still have.
Lest we forget the fate of.... of... the letter's name that I can write because it's not on my keyboard.
Suffice to say it was a beautiful letter. Looked good on a button too.
Anyways.... my point is.
Conserve your letters, use pictographs or descriptive doodles to get your point across.
Save the letters, save ourselves.
Thank you.
-B
Hey Dr. B., have you ever considered running for President? I believe you could base your whole campaign on your comment above -- and your slogan could be: "Save the letters, save ourselves. Vote 'B' in '08!" *laughs*
Thanks for the comment... You crack me up! *grin*
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