The Internet is For...

The Internet really does contain an endless wealth of fascinating pages. Most of these are look at once, laugh, and move on pages, like Pimp My Snack. But some of them are pages where one could easily spend a lifetime, like Uncyclopedia. I got sucked in last night, and before I knew it, had spent two hours browsing through misinformation. I also contributed a bit, adding important "See Also" links (like the "Original Jesus" article, where I recommended "Extra-Crispy Jesus"). It really is a fascinating website, with some very clever homological articles.

I know all you Avenue Q fans will be disappointed if I just leave that subject line hanging, so I'll mention that I also dropped onto Second Life earlier this week, drawn in by the free basic membership they're offering, and the allure of potentially making money. Because there is a very vibrant currency exchange market between Lindens (the in-game currency) and US Dollars, currently running at around 300 Lindens or so to the dollar. (Some have even theorized that a paid premium membership is cheaper than free, because you get so much more fake money that you should be able to sell it for at least as much real money as it cost you.) Anyway, it seems like the way one gets money is to build things in game and sell them to other people, and the biggest seller is, to nobody's surprise, porn.

LaLa, LuLu

So, a friend of mine (ETA: The Velveteen Rabbi, to be specific) just put out a new poetry book and as I was reading through the preview, I realized that my own LuLu book hadn't had a preview. Now I've added one, so if you want to see the prologue and first chapter of my book, they're online.

I should probably get back to working on the book I haven't already written.