Wednesday March 16

Trying to get back on track with my schedule today...TCW's Fit to Print is tonight, and I have lots of work to get prepped for Wizard World Toronto Comic Con this weekend (for The Guy, not myself). So, just a few quickies today...
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According to Gawker TV, This Video Will Tell You if You're Prone to Mind Control.  Ahh, the dilemma--obviously, with that title you feel like you should resist the urge to click...but with that title, how can you? You have to find out what the heck it's all about...
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Obviously, I spent a bit of time on Gawker yesterday, (I'm sorry), 'cause I found the story on Russian Bomb Squad Successfully Defuses Sex Toy there as well.

(No word on whether it was one of THESE **NSFW**--don't sip your coffee as you click the link...it would be a shame to spit-take it all up)
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Instead of cognitive behavioural therapy (which, as the article points out, involves contact with people) how about cognitive-bias modification therapy...self-directed from your computer?

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Because of all the interest last week in Amanda Hocking, the new queen of self-publishing, HuffPo has a slideshow of others for your inspiration or just plain old information.

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Wednesday March 2

I haven't had official offical really official confirmation yet...but I'm almost pretty sure that The Northern Guard #2 is out today! Check out your Local Comic Book Store for a copy (and if they don't have one, ask them what's wrong with them? Haven't they seen the reviews?)

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The Guy is currently addicted to a YouTube video about a pig and a baby monkey. For the link, and a pic of the present he made based on the video, check out Ty Templeton's ART LAND.
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Lots of articles and excitement about one Ms. Amanda Hocking:  frustrated with the lack of interest from traditional publishing houses, Hocking put her novels online herself. Over 900,000 downloads later, keeping 70% of the profits, she's feeling pretty proud of herself and her accomplishments--and with darned good reason. Read a quick article at Business Insider about her, a slightly more in-depth report via Huffington Post (which will leave you wondering where the first site got the photo that makes her look like a slightly Goth-wanna-be teenager and not a grown woman). Lastly, she has her own blog where she posts corrections for some of the information going 'round! (and the avatar is the photo used by the first site. I guess that looks like the person who would write these novels...)

It's a pretty interesting read, and quite the success story.

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A quick read from Jezebel:  Girls Underestimate Their Own Intelligence.

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Every time I think I've seen the strangest idea for an ongoing series, Television pops up with something new to make me double-take...How about Extreme Couponing?  It isn't a special--IT'S A SERIES.
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And finally...io9.com reports that Warner Bros., after releasing TWO sequels to The Lost Boys (the second starred Keifer Sutherland's lookalike younger half-brother), they are seriously (insert laugh track here) considering a FOURTH (again) movie and an ongoing tv series. I'm speechless. Are you speechless?

Actually, after Extreme Couponing, I guess anything is possible...

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