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SPOILERS (obviously…)

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But now looking pretty darned plausible

“Breaking” News: Joseph Wilson (who?) Endorses Hillary Clinton

BREAKING NEWS: Joseph Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton

A conference call announcing the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by Joseph Wilson was just held with bloggers to hear the breaking news. This is a huge deal for Candidate Clinton and a big endorsement for her candidacy. That it was broken on the blogs sends a powerful signal.

Wow, this is a painful indictment of the liberal blogosphere…

This was the top story on Memeorandum, meaning that lots of political bloggers are linking to it …

I had to read the story to remember who Joseph Wilson is (the former Ambassador whose factfinding trip to Niger blossomed into the Plame scandal).

Who cares who he endorses?

Wilson’s endorsement will switch zero votes in the general election. This is strictly an Obama v. Clinton issue, and, to repeat, who cares? The unfortunate cynical truth is that the entire primary race is going to be decided by massive amounts of TV advertising in January 2008.

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” Heavens to Betsy!” and Other Curious Sayings by Charles Earle Funk

wfzimmerman’s review: “I wanted to find the explanation for the phrase "sick as a dog", but no such luck.”
HarperPerennial (1986), Paperback, 240 pages

Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things by Richard Wiseman

wfzimmerman’s review: “Eagerly awaited review copy that brings to mind comparisons with the huge bestsellers [BLINK] and [FREAKONOMICS]. “
Basic Books (2007), Hardcover, 288 pages
tags: advance reading copy, ARC, first edition

Slan: A Novel by A. E. Van Vogt

wfzimmerman’s review: “Reissue of the classic SF novel.”
Orb Books (1998), Paperback, 256 pages

Slan Hunter by Kevin J. Anderson, A. E. van Vogt

wfzimmerman’s review: “I’ll approach this one with some interest. The choice of Kevin J. Anderson for the sequel to SLAN seems less inspired than the choice of John C. Wright for the sequel to THE WORLD OF NULL-A. “
Tor Books (2007), Hardcover, 272 pages

The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848 by E. J. Hobsbawm

wfzimmerman’s review: “I found this at a garage sale on 7th street and bought it because it is a first edition of a famous book inscribed by an academic figure who is noteworthy in his own right.”
Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1962), Hardcover, 376 pages
tags: First edition. Inscribed and lightly annotated by noted sociologist Gayl Ness.

A Fire Next Door

Some excitement in our neighborhood yesterday — it’s been so dry that our neighbor’s lawn caught on fire. We suspect a sparkler dropped by neighborhood kids.

Kelsey saw the fire and told Cheryl and me. We came running across the street — our neighbor is 89 years old and frail. I pounded on the door, and Kelsey alertly found Esther in her back yard. I put out the fire with a hose.

Wow — like living out west with wildfires!

fire aftermath

our neighbor' s lawn after the fire

Ringworld by Larry Niven

wfzimmerman’s review: “This has to be part of any sf collection. Rereading it recently I was most struck by two passages … the famous one with Nessus explaining how lucky humans have been, and the one at the end where Louis Wu sees stars through the bottom of Fist-of-God.

Looks like first editions go for about $5000 US as of 2007…”
Del Rey (1985), Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages

Harry Potter $tatistics

Potter Effect Is Entertainment Magic – 7/11/2007 5:48:00 AM – Publishers Weekly

Harry Potter is an entertainment industry juggernaut. Every segment of the biz—from book publishing to movies to music—will tell you so. But now we can get a glimpse of all those figures in one place. The Nielsen Company has produced a report that provides a snapshot of the boy wizard’s deep reach into a broad range of entertainment segments via the usage and trend data that the company tracks as its core business.

Numbers on book sales, movie revenue, ad spending, and more.

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