Bart King's Blog, page 263

THIS is why I read instructions manuals.

Hellbent for Cooking?!

This holiday weekend you may want to prepare a nice dish for your guests, like maybe some "Incinerated Sweetbreads on a Seared Heart."



If so, this is the book for you!

Wendy's ROCKS!

This is a Wendy's musical training video for serving beverages. Please check the break at 1:00. Thank you.

Blog Plug!

No, I'm not plugging my blog. You're already at it! But I have been enjoying THIS site known as  Curious Pages: Recommended Inappropriate Books for Kids .

And by "Inappropriate" they mean "Awesome"!

Stupid Facebook! (BONUS: An awesomeness reminder!)

Yo, Robot! You wanna

hot dog or somethin'?
I just realized that when I post nonsense on my Facebook page, I neglect poor little Unexpectedly Bart! So let me play catch up:



First, that Spanish edition of Isaac Asimov's I, Robot sort of cracks me up.



Next, I see that Val Kilmer is playing Mark Twain in a new movie. It sounds like a joke, but apparently not...Kilmer shows up 1:25 of this preview:



Oh, and since summer's sort of played out, I guess it's kosher to run this photo. Funny, m...

Wait, there's more than ONE kind?

And by the way, those kids aren't THAT innocent. They let the air out of my tank! Pictures from here and here.

I know summer's coming to an end...

...but I really don't want to go back to school!

Meet Gaylord Silly

Photo from jarvinho.Mr. Silly is a French distance runner with an outrageously wonderful name. (More here.)

Writing Rules

I have a "humorous" essay in today's Oregonian . Sadly, the on-line version of the piece doesn't have this excellent photo by Faith Cathcart:

Who likes fun?

Bart's King-Sized Book of Fun  is by Bart King.

That's me!

It's now available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and will soon be at Powell's. But hey, no pressure! It's not like you have to go get a copy of it or anything. (But it might be sort of fun if you did!)