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Heard on NPR's Morning Edition:

• The Book on Bond... but no gadgets in the books?!
• Murtha was interviewed about running for majority leader of the House--and Pelosi says she's all about reforming politics. Way to support a scandal-involved politician, that's all I have to say. Oh, and also: Murtha's one of the most frustrating people I've heard on NPR in the past year. (Okay, that's really all.) Update: Ha ha, Hoyer won!!!
  
• "Popcorn" (the song) with Latin flavor.
• Teaching kids the science of calories--with pyrotechnics!!

Your Book & Movie News:

• The Fanboys trailer is finally, finally out! Um... and so far, the funniest scenes are the two involving Star Trek. What's up with that, huh?
• There's a second "Librarian" adventure/B-movie coming up in December. Yes, I'm a sucker for cheap Indiana Jones imitations--it's as good as I'm getting unless Lucas and Spielberg ever actually start Indy 4. (I'm not holding my breath, or I'd have turned blue about six years ago.)
• It didn't win, but American Born Chinese was the first graphic novel nominated for a National Book Award! Woohoo! Of course, one step forward, one step back... there have been several recent challenges to graphic novels in libraries.
• Added to wishlist: "Ology" books, The Stolen Child

While in line at the post office today, not only did two guys stand extremely close to me--so close that if my best friend stood that close, I'd wonder if she was making a move on me--but they then proceeded to converse animatedly. With their hands. To the point that one of them brushed my hair. My short, short hair that sits close to my head. Um, hellooooo, personal space. Don't you love cultural differences in the concept of personal space?

While I was leaving the post office, I ran into my friend Beau, whom I worked with at UNT's Technical Writing Computer Lab seven ages years ago! We had lunch together and caught up; it was so great to see someone who I'd been wondering about off and on. And now he's back in the Art History dept. at UNT--Hooray for reconnections!

Smallville--it's okay and all, the angst is getting lesser... but huzzah for the Green Arrow! Not only does he have a pretty spiffy costume, but he's a fun character with great lines and--gasp--some character depth that is not all about teen angst. Ah, Lex, how you have fallen. (This dys-Lex-ia quiz sounds too funny, btw.)

Unrelated Banter:

• Temporary Tattoos--for librarians! Put a little sass on your shushin' arm.
• Homestar Runner has a wiki. That is all.