In Blackest Night

It's raining in New York City, mes auteurs, which (to me) means: movie day!

Now, I know not everyone is as big a nerd as I am, so I understand if you only have a vague familiarity with (or have never even heard of) the Green Lantern. But he's been my favorite superhero since I was a kid (occasionally taking second place to Batman), and I am really, really excited that this movie is coming out.



June 17th!

Guest Post: So You Want to Write a Novel

by David Kazzie



David Kazzie lives in Virginia with his wife and two kids, and by day, he works as a lawyer for the state. In addition to working on fiction, he writes a weekly humor blog (http://wahoocorner.blogspot.com). He's also the author of the "So You Want to Go to Law School" video, which has received more than 1 million hits on YouTube.

End-of-July Round Up

Friday round-up time, with Laura from Combreviations:

I've got a short one for you today, friends and foes, made up of only my favorites. I drew your attention to the Huxley/Orwell smack down yesterday, and I think that society is doomed—doomed, I tell you! Did you ever think we would live in an age where 1984 was the better of two evils? The evil-est of evils, I would say, is probably this not-so-great Gatsby video game. Gatsby was never lame, darlings. And when I read this article about the other evil of pastel book covers, all I could think of was a Mommy Dearest style, "No more pink covers!"

For those of you who don't lose your appetite over pink covers, you should check out this rundown of food magazines, and Mark Twain on southern food. Delicious. You can use these book recommendation services while you snack. Or decide if you prefer nameless protagonists or comic books based on real people.

That's all I've got today, reader types—but by way of apology, I've included Jane Austen fight club below, which you may have seen, but is just as enjoyable round two:



As always, see you next week here, or all week at Combreviations, where you can check out sweet videos about octopedes.

Ed: Speaking of video games, enjoy the below! — E