So, my fellow LOST fans may or may not know that there was yet ANOTHER one of those internet-to-real-life game things this past summer. This one focused on "recruiting" you for the Dharma Initiative, a major part of the show's mythology. Due to the economy and budget cuts, dear ol' ABC cut the funding on this little game. Instead of whatever ( Read more... )

From a news story on Michael Phelps:

He cuts through the water like he's shredding through the record books at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

Journalists get paid to write like that? No one tell the Pit.

*cough* Anyways, last year an online friend of mine pointed me to this MySpace page of some crazy ultra-nationalist Croatian-American teen guy. Who was writing a "book" (which is thankfully no longer online). Upon gazing upon the summary, seen below with my commentary, and the "book", I managed to laugh my ass off while going "Dang! I am not in ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm not sure if this is breaking the rules or not (probably is) but this was a quote on the back of my Burger King fries container.

You have the right to dip these fries in ketchup or mustard or a vanilla shake if that turns you on.
Great, now I'm getting sex advice from my food containers!

I just HAD to pass this on.

I used the "Report possible abuse" feature on FF.net for the first time today. This was in the list given for "Abuse Type."

Disregard for proper language: grammar, spelling, punctuation, and etc.

ME: O_O

If they actually start enforcing this one, more than half the stories on the site will be deleted.

Okay, this may be slightly against the rules, or perhaps just OT,  so I apologize.

It is also too bizarre not to share.

These are titles from books that have actually been published!

How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?

Golden Fountain : The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy

I think WTF ( Read more... )

From the back cover blurb of David Drake's "Hammer's Slammers - at any price" (sci-fi war novel whose heroes are mercenaries).

He entered the minds of the Slammer's prisoners - a job that wasn't half as dirty as what came afterwards.Entering something else, perhaps ( Read more... )

I found a lovely webpage:

Sticks and Stones: Examples of Bad Published Writing from Bulwer-Lyttonians

This isn't from a story, it's from a post (quoted here) by Laurell K. Hamilton, who is throwing a Rician tantrum:

You advocate Richard, and it makes it hard to write him as a character, because every time I deal with him, I hear the ugly echoes in my head of you.

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Not from a piece of fanfic, but from a book that came across my desk at work, Murder on the Grand by Christopher H. Meehan:

"Bob's head bobbed a flight below."

Somehow I want to add another bob in there someplace, like, "Bob's head bobbed a flight below, his bobbed hair plastered to his head." Or something.