we shouldnt be mean to usamericans, its not their fault. the first time theyre allowed to see the world map is on a very special day - their 25th birthday, when their parents take them to their old study room and pull out an incredible thing - a dusty old globe. thats the first time an usamerican learns other countries exist. their eye sparkle full of awe as they read names like argentina, laos, nigeria, serbia, croatia, tunis, china, turkey, mexico, finland, etc. however, the spell doesnt last long - their parents quickly put away the globe. they dont want their child to get hurt from this realization of other people living on the earth. from now on, it will be their special birthday tradition - seeing that amazing thing once a year.
I bought one last week and this forg is absolutely adorable. Frog is the perfect teapot size (gives ~2 regular cups of tea). The quality is good for the price and the shipping was fast! :)
One day, Clark is bored at work so he messages Bruce saying as much, hoping they could talk for a bit to help pass the time.
What he did not expect was for Bruce to tweet ‘ostriches arn’t real’.
The office becomes alive with activity. Perry marches over and tells Clark to write an article about how one of the richest men in the world does not believe a bird exists.
The interview?
Clark Kent: “Would you care to elaborate on what you meant about not believing ostriches exist?”
Bruce Wayne: “No.”
Others then ask Bruce what his thoughts on other birds are. Penguins? Real. Flamingos? Not real. Pigeons? Some are, some arn’t. It depends.
On the upside Clark’s afternoon became a whole lot less boring. On the downside there is now a Twitter account called 'BirdsBruceWThinksArntReal’.
“robins?” clark asks as the last question. “robins aren’t birds.”
You CANNOT leave such a BRILLIANT addition in the tags
next year james patterson is slapping his name on a book called “the secret lives of booksellers and librarians,” which is real bold considering that every bookseller and librarian that i’ve met in my time as a bookseller and librarian absolutely loathes him. including me.
“rowan if you hate james patterson how come you know about a book of his that’s coming out seven months from now?”
I Must Keep The Scope Of My Sniper Rifle Trained On The Beast At All Times
Okay, I feel the need to explain just why James Patterson is so hated by librarians.
See, it’s not just that he writes mediocre, churned-out thrillers; there are many, many authors of mediocre, churned-out thrillers out there, he ain’t special.
It’s also not that he “writes” them with “coauthors” and slaps his name on them - again, this is not unique.
It’s not even - though this is starting to get there- that he chases every publishing trend and creates His Version of everything from Diary of a Wimpy Kid to Nicholas Sparks, which nobody likes as well as they like his thrillers but still buy because they have His Name on them like a summoning charm.
No, what makes James Patterson uniquely loathed is the combination of the frequency of publication and his popularity. Because, to be honest, I’m not sure that anyone even likes his books anymore, but it doesn’t matter, because if they have the James Patterson name on them then readers will be queuing up like zombies desperate for a fix of decaying cerebral matter. Which would be tolerable if he had the decency to only write one book a year like most other bestselling authors, but “James Patterson” (quotes VERY intentional) puts out roughly two books per month. So as a librarian, not only do you have to buy every new book James Patterson puts out, you have to buy multiple copies in order to fulfill demand. Somewhere around 5% of my fiction budget is spent ENTIRELY ON JAMES PATTERSON. Every new James Patterson that comes out means a dozen or more queer romances, inventive sci-fi novellas, unique cultural viewpoints, etc, etc that you can’t buy because YOU HAVE TO BUY JAMES PATTERSON INSTEAD. (See also, you just weeded and shifted the Ps in fiction to make room and now it’s full again oh god why.)
And the clincher - the absolute clincher - is the knowledge that the publishers will be “finding” “unfinished manuscripts” by “James Patterson” for a minimum of fifty years after his death, so even if some right-minded bibliophile with a claymore takes one for the team, we will never, ever be free.
And that is why we hate James Patterson.
I was wondering about this when i saw the first version of this post
