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November 30, 2008 | Sunday | 14 CommentsIt’s not every day you see dinosaurs fornicate on eBay. read more »
It’s not every day you see dinosaurs fornicate on eBay. read more »
We interrupt this Day of HaBO-lation to ... give away some books! Jill Sorenson is giving away five ARCs of her her debut single-title romance Crash Into Me, due out in January 2009. Crash Into Me is about a tough female FBI agent placed undercover to investigate a gorgeous-hot but reclusive pro surfer. Want one? She’s looking for help among the brilliance of the Bitchery: her editor at Bantam is looking for sexy/provocative song lyrics or titles for the title of her next book. “Crash Into Me” is, obviously, the extremely sultry Dave Matthews Band song, so her editor wants… read more »
Suppose you’re having a craptastic day, your wip isn’t going right, it took you over an hour to go 14 miles to work (hi there, were you on that bus with me?) or the way in which you roll along isn’t merry. Enjoy: ZooBorns: baby animals, many of them endangered, from zoo and animal conservation centers around the world. Altogether now: Awwwwww. [Thanks to Rebecca J for the link!] read more »
In an entry that’s custom made for our “That’s not really about romance novels” category: a contest! To get people to vote! For their favorite animal rescue charity? The Animal Rescue Site is giving away $100,000 to participating Petfinder.org rescue groups and shelters from now until December 15. You go, you vote for your favorite organization, and there’s weekly winners of $1000.00. A grand prize of $25,000.00 will also be awarded in December. If you’ve ever worked in or around animal rescue, you know $1000 makes a big honking difference. On behalf of my blind, deaf, elderly and unquestionably awesome… read more »
Want a massive squee to start your day? How about a baby blue penguin being raised by biologists. Clare Duffy, sister of Kate Duffy of Kensington, reports on MSNBC in a video that was so popular online, they ran it on the evening television program Saturday night. How can a baby penguin NOT be popular, I wonder? Impossible. ETA: A US-only feed? NOT COOL BEAVIS. I’m sorry! Thanks to Elinyx, here’s one that works. read more »
Great tits cope well with warming. To which I say: Tits, schmits—won’t somebody think of the boobies? (Many thanks to my friend HaikuKatie—my favorite source of anything tit-related—for sending me the link.) read more »