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April 30
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Dead Pool

<p>Flipping through boingboing today, my friend and frequent editor Rosie began cheering when she saw the headline for <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/29/albert-hoffman-rip.html" target="_blank">Albert Hoffman's death</a>. (He was the inventor of LSD and lived to 102. You do the math.) </p><p>In questioning her about her exuberance at the man's death, she reminded me that she has a dead pool. </p><p>A dead pool. She, with a few friends, runs a pool every year of who's going to die. That's bloody brilliant. I can't believe that's not our national sport.</p><p>Regardless, what if... </p>
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April 29

Cecil Vortex interview with Chris Metzen

Interesting interview with the Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment on collaboration and the spinning of archetypes.
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McSweeney's Vol. 26 (comes in two parts!), themed after war-time, pocket-sized books made for troops. Neat. Actually, quite nice, the packaging. As for content, mixed, per usual. The quality is always great, but I find I like about 50% of the stories and glaze over and skim the rest. My favorites: How Jesus Comes, by Michael Gills Black Shaman, by Dana Mazur Arkansas, by John Brandon Sleep, by Amanda Davis Charity, by Wayne Harrison
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<p>The Invisibles, Vol. 7, by Grant Morrison.</p>
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Elbina Rides Again - IP

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Slow as Molasses - IP

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Garden of Shergyl - IP

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Life of the Gallows - IP

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Wigglepussy - IP

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April 28

Locus Magazine's links portal

<p>Great resource for magazines and publishers of science-fiction/horror/fantasy (and probably general fiction as well).</p><p>Locus also does a lot of reviews, so probably worth subscribing to if you might be interested in the genres they touch. </p><p>They do not publish fiction, however they have high-visibility annual award. Not sure what the criteria are, but they're reader-selected, so contestants probably appear in the magazine first in their reviews.</p><p><a href="http://www.locusmag.com/2008/LocusAwardsFinalists.html" target="_blank">>>2008's award winners.</a></p><p><a href="https://secure.locusmag.com/About/Subscribe.html" target="_blank">>>Subscription info.</a></p>
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Human anatomy, in '60s 3D, by the inventor of the View-Master

<p>Link courtesy of Boingboing. </p><p>I think someone obsessed with catalogueing the human body in such a way could have some very interesting psychosis. Another funny idea is what if some images not meant for a Viewmaster found their way into a batch of them on the child-consumer market. Hmmm...</p>
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