I'm Baaaacccckkk....

In an attempt to redeem my slovenly ways the last two weeks, here is a plethora of goodies for your pleasure!



Cautionary tale: what to expect on your first day in prison--









From Lee Lofland's The Graveyard Shift



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Want to feel old? From Shelf Awareness:



Winnie-the-Pooh turns 90 on August 21. If you'd like to send him a birthday card, the New York Public Library will be celebrating his birthday at the Library's Children's Center at 42nd Street all month and is accepting cards on Pooh Bear's behalf. It's an appropriate destination, since Christopher Robin Milne's "original Winnie-the-Pooh doll set--including Winnie, of course!--is at the Library, on view in the Children's Center, in a special room surrounded by art of the 100 Acre Wood!"



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From Buzzfeed : 10 Famous Fictional Characters You Didn't Know Were Based On Real People. This is pretty cool!





Shrek's appearence is based on that of pro-wrestler Maurice Tillet, a man born with a rare disease called acromegaly.



Who knew? Check out the others.



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Don't think I've posted this masterpiece yet-- the winner of the Bulwer-Lytton prize for bad writing went this year to:



"Cheryl's mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories"



YUCK on so many levels!!



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Now this is interesting: George R. R. Martin says Game of Thrones scripts stolen...by a postal worker yet. The story here . The scripts, signed by Martin and co-creator David Benioff as well as Alan Taylor, director for the last two episodes, were to be auctioned off at WorldCon's charity auction this week. They would have fetched big bucks. Martin tells his fans to keep their eyes peeled for word of the scripts appearing on line.



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Movies to consider!









Knights of Badassdom--who could ask for anything more?





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Conan--I love Ron Perlman!!



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And speaking of Ron Perlman...







Perhaps my favorite TV show!! New season starts next month. And to show how prepared I am:





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I think I mentioned going to Ikea ...This place is humongus. I bought a goose down pillow and the care instructions are written in 29 languages--unfrigginbelievable!







You literally need a map to get around!





OKAY-- I have to slip in a paid political announcement here-- Crossroads debuts in two weeks (August 30). Please check my website for signings and con appearances. Short list is here:



Tattered Cover – Denver (Signing at the Highlands Ranch location August 31 7:30PM)



Broadway Book Mall – Denver (Signing September 12 7PM)



Mysterious Galaxy – Redondo Beach (Signing September 17 2 PM)



Mysterious Galaxy – San Diego (Signing September 18 2 PM)



Barnes & Noble – Westminster (Signing September 24 1 PM)



For you Southern Californians, I'm also doing a library program on September 15 at the La Mesa Library, 8074 Allison Ave. La Mesa, CA at 6:30 PM.



For more details see the schedule page at www.jeannestein.com



For a chance to win free books and other goodies, here are some contests going on in and around the blogverse:



Amberkatze Book Blog Going on Now



Sizzling Hot Book Reviews August 19



Dark Fairie Tales August 27



Paranormality August 29



And thank you for your attention!!! See you next week. When my nails will be bitten to the quick and the bags under my eyes because I can't sleep become steamer trunks...This is the downside to being a writer!!!