August 2008

Stolen from Rob’s Blog o’ Stuff (who stole it from SF Signal). The list is based on the top grossing movie titles that are based on a book or story, which can be found here. Here are the rules. * Copy the list below. * Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book. * Italicize the movie titles for which you started the book but didn’t finish it. * Tag 5 people to perpetuate the meme. (You may of course play along anyway.) And now, the list:1. Jurassic Park2. War of the Worlds3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park4. I, Robot5. Contact6. Congo7. Cocoon8. The Stepford Wives9. The Time Machine10. Starship Troopers11. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy12. K-PAX13. 201014. The Running Man15. Sphere16. The Mothman Prophecies17. Dreamcatcher18. Blade Runner(Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)19. Dune20. The Island of Dr. Moreau21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers22. The Iron Giant(The Iron Man)23. Battlefield Earth24. The Incredible Shrinking Woman25. Fire in the Sky26. Altered States27. Timeline28. The Postman29. Freejack(Immortality, Inc.)30. Solaris31. Memoirs of an Invisible Man32. The Thing(Who Goes There?)33. The Thirteenth Floor34. Lifeforce(Space Vampires)35. Deadly Friend36. The Puppet Masters37. 198438. A Scanner Darkly39. Creator40. Monkey Shines41. Solo(Weapon)42. The Handmaid’s Tale43. Communion44. Carnosaur45. From Beyond46. Nightflyers47. Watchers48. Body Snatchers I’m fairly certain that only having read five books on this list is pretty bad, but so be it. So, folks who are tagged: Carraka, SQT, Loopdilou, Imelda, and Aidan Moher!

I stumbled upon this article over at CNN about the top jokes of the U.S., U.K., Canada, Belgium, Germany, and Australia. I don’t know if I would call them the “top” jokes, but most of them are pretty humorous. I’m quite fond of the U.K. one myself: A woman gets onto a bus with her baby.The bus driver says, “That’s the ugliest baby that I’ve ever seen. Ugh!”The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her, “The driver just insulted me!”The man says, “You go right up there and tell him off. Go ahead, I’ll hold your monkey for you.” Ha! What do you guys think are some of the funniest jokes you’ve ever heard? (Don’t click the read more, there isn’t any more after this!)

Found this over at Larry’s blog, so, I’m doing it. Nightstand/Table: Currently Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale and Honeycomb by Israel Del Rio. That’s because I didn’t put the books that are usually there back, which include: Evermore edited by James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey from Arkham House and Napoleon’s Gambit by Eric Goldman. Reading at the Moment: Napoleon’s Gambit by Eric Goldman, Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale, and Evermore. Can’t Put Down: Nothing that is so good I can’t stop reading it, but that also doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy these books. I just have to be obsessed with a book to not be able to put it down. Gathering Dust: Quite a few books, actually. Some that I’ve bought, some that I haven’t. I have a whole wall of my room dedicated to books… Secret Indulgence: What exactly does this mean? I don’t really have a secret indulgence for reading. Looking Forward To: Hmm. I’m looking forward to a couple short story collections I’ve received, but they are way down on the list, so it might be a while. I’m also looking forward to some more Elizabeth Bear, since I’ll be reading her work for the Spectrum Awards. As for tagging, I tag SQT, Loopdilou, and anyone else wanting to do this!