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View Article  Awful Marriage Book
Presenting When You Marry, a 1962 textbook for...health class? Sex ed? Home economics? Relationships & Traditional Gender Roles 101? Some unholy (but Jesus-based-religions-approved!) combination of all of the above?

As far as I can tell, this book was intended for a high school course in "Family Life Education," a White-House-encouraged initiative to strengthen future American families against the corrupting forces of communism, feminism, interracial dating and heavy petting. We're going beyond the flour-sack baby, here, people, we're going to bring down the national divorce rate through our ability to make high school students squirm in their seats. It's outdated! It's offensive! It's adorable! It's all this, and more. Much, much more.

You can find out much more here...
View Article  Well, obviously
Who would doubt the Beatles only made it 'large' with the help of the horned one, given this dilliegently researched, well thought out and not all gibberish article & book.
View Article  Gnooks
I have no idea what a gnook is, who is it, what they are, what they represent. All I know is they have an endless habit of placing a 'n' after every word which begins with 'g'.

Gnerds.
View Article  Worst book ever
A few years ago, a publishing house - which doesn't appear to have that greater reputation, slagged off some science fiction writers. The background was basically that this publishing house said they looked at new authors, however, what it transpires is they put your manuscript in a pile marked 'pre-mug' and those who pay for the 'service' 'post mug'.

The problem was that they charged the writers, no matter what the quality of the work they have submitted. So, in short, a group of writers got together and wrote the worst book possible.

This is the story and hilarious samples.

Needless to say, they got the book deal. Provided they paid for the publishing.
View Article  Greek Gods and their over reactions
One thing I learned about classical Greek writing; the Gods are always angry. It doesn't matter about what. They are angry. You give them dinner. It's not right. You praise them. It's not enough. You make sacrifices. They don't quite meet the requirements. They seem, from all available writing to act like petulant children. Only with beards.

Here are some of the punishments
they dished out to those who failed to meet their high standards.
View Article  Cars
I love my cars, but some cars are just out of my league

Added: This is a collection of old manuals for classic cars

Added (again); The man who has built a car from leftovers.