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Phallic Logo Awards

Posted on June 5, 2005 Written by Diane

No, not work safe, but check out the Phallic Logo Awards anyhow. I don’t know what they’re talking with the Wakefield Council though—it’s pretty obvious just as it is. No rotation necessary.

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Misleading book titles

Posted on June 3, 2005 Written by Diane

Seriously, if you picked up this book, wouldn’t you expect it to be to be about something a little different that what it apparently is?

Elements of Arousal: How to Write and Sell Gay Men’s Erotica
by Eighner, Lars

About this title: Many churches are not growing simply because their calendars leave little for the non-Christian “seeker” to get excited about. This book focuses on the simplicity of Christ’s ministry, enabling you to minister to all individuals without overwhelming new Christians or leaving mature Christians unchallenged. Includes a study guide.

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Best. Disclaimer. Ever

Posted on June 1, 2005 Written by Diane

Neil Gaiman posted an exchange between Christopher Hitchens and an audience member at an English literary festival. It’s a funny little bit. Someone then wrote Gaiman to take him to task for “apparently sympathizing with Hitchens’s derisive and arrogant treatment of a fan.” Gaiman then rereads the entry, says he still thinks it’s pretty funny, and then adds:

(This post should not be seen as in any way condoning smoking, smoking on stage, appearing on panels, using the phrase “If anyone doesn’t like it they can kiss my ass,” Christopher Hitchens, behaving like Christopher Hitchens, literary festivals, the Guardian, or rudeness to people in the audience who are dying for a ciggie.)

I didn’t laugh out loud at the Hitchens anecdote, but this disclaimer did it.

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