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So, first order of business: True Blood recap #2 went up earlier today, if you missed that.
Second: today's Journal Birthday flashback might as well be about the time Sister Girl made beignets.
Third: If you think Days of Our Lives was crazy, feast your eyes on Passions. Also: how the DOOL Salem Stalker/Bizarro Salem storyline ended.
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foresthouse: Age-Banding Books: Our Children Will Be Dumber For It.
Bookshelf Bailout: Read Free Books.
Interview: Meg Cabot.
Strippers, potato chips inspire Ig Nobel winners.
Chicken soup for stressed-out pandas.
Fire Peaches Geldof; Peaches Geldof's A 'Monster', Says MTV Boss.
How 'SNL' Plans to Cover Last Night's Debate (Without Having to Actually Hire a Black Woman); Candidate dolls cause controversy for retailer.
David Tennant May Never Leave Doctor Who, Claims Producer; David Tennant in 'Love's Labour's Lost' rehearsals.
Paul Newman on the cover of Entertainment Weekly issue #1015; Paul Newman: A legend and a life (EW).
Cheadle, Swinton And Frears To Be Honoured By BAFTA/LA.
Trailers and clips: The Devil Lives in 'House' Trailer and Poster; Another Horror Movie Full of Ghosts - 'The Uninvited' Trailer (Emily Browning! Where u been, bb?); Worth Watching - Amy Adams' 'Sunshine Cleaning' Trailer (not to mention Emily Blunt); Exclusive: Clip from Bill Maher's 'Religulous'; Exclusive Clip: Watch ‘Gossip Girl’ Star Chace Crawford In ‘The Haunting Of Molly Hartley’; 'Dragonball' Teaser Leaked on My Face, in My Eyes.
Game On! Two New Harry Potter Board Games Now Available; Rowling 'makes £5 every second' (and let it be noted that she then gives a sizable amount to charity); Emma Watson: Chanel Cutie (Hermione grew up to be a fashion plate. Huh).
More From Snyder's 'Watchmen' Sneak.
New Twilight trailer coming out next week; Questioning 'Twilight': Will It be a Box-Office Hit?; gang fangulation with the boys of Twilight.
2009 is the Year for Dracula: The Un-Dead. "ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker and award-winning 'Dracula' documentarian and historian Ian Holt have sold North American-English publishing rights of the Stoker-family-authorized sequel to Bram's classic novel "Dracula" to an alliance of Dutton U.S. (Brian Tart), Harper U.K. (Jane Johnson) and Penguin-Canada (Laura Shin)." I am not sure how to feel about this.
Johnny Depp Being Offered $55 MIL To Reprise Jack Sparrow Role. DAMN.
New 'Sleeping Beauty' Special Edition is Simply Aurorable. But--but--I just got a special edition restoration whatever a couple of years ago! Is this different? HAVE I BEEN BETRAYED? "But of course this new set has enough to make it worthy of a fresh investment." *SHAKES FIST AT HEAVENS*
Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor to Tango With Superman again?
Fox Considering Relaunching 'Daredevil' with Aim of Being Watchable.
Is James Cameron's New Space Epic Rife For A Franchise? [Avatar] I thought the expression was "ripe for something"?
Lucas in 'Think Mode' for 'Indiana Jones 5.' SOMEONE HAS TO STOP HIM.
No Excuse To Miss Clone Wars [Star Wars: Clone Wars]. Well, except for the not caring about Star Wars. That seems like a pretty good excuse. Also: 25 best/worst 'Star Wars' moments; Fan Made: Star Wars Does Steampunk and Reservoir Dogs.
Bill Murray: I Am Evil Venkman? [Ghosbusters 3].
Michael Cera talks 'Nick & Norah'; Review: 'Nick & Norah' is revolutionary; 25 best movie soundtracks since '83.
Check Out the First 5 Minutes of 'Blindness'; Blindness' Dystopian Fable Becomes An Overwrought Movie; Mark Ruffalo Considered The Consequences Of ‘Blindness’; Stars Dealt With 'Blindness' Fear; Adapting Saramago's "Blindness" Was A Journey From Horror To Poetry, Meirelles Tells io9.
Review: Hathaway dazzles in 'Rachel.'
Review: 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.'
Garcia Teams With Del Toro, Cuaron For Female-Friendly ‘Mother And Child.’
New Pics, Clips and Negative Buzz for Eastwood's 'Changeling'; Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling' Struggling for Early Buzz.
Still Half Naked, Megan Fox Becomes a Mermaid?
Ormond, Strathairn and O'Hara Board Temple Grandin Project; Strathairn, Ormond, and O'Hara Face Autism.
Schreiber and Hunt Join 'Every Day'; Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt Pronounced Unhappy Man and Wife.
Ready For Another JFK Conspiracy Movie? Here Comes ‘Dorothy Kilgallen.’
EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner Voices Santa In Most Messed Up X-Mas Special Ever.
Michael Moore Tries to Shut Down the 'Slacker Uprising.'
Cast Revealed for Romero's New Zombie Film; Yep, Romero's Heading Back to Zombietown.
Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' Finally Gets the Movie Treatment. ...Kind of.
Bollywood Snake Lady Captured From The Wild, Wants To Be Your Girlfriend.
Second: today's Journal Birthday flashback might as well be about the time Sister Girl made beignets.
Third: If you think Days of Our Lives was crazy, feast your eyes on Passions. Also: how the DOOL Salem Stalker/Bizarro Salem storyline ended.
Linkspam!
foresthouse: Age-Banding Books: Our Children Will Be Dumber For It. Bookshelf Bailout: Read Free Books.
Interview: Meg Cabot.
Strippers, potato chips inspire Ig Nobel winners.
Chicken soup for stressed-out pandas.
Fire Peaches Geldof; Peaches Geldof's A 'Monster', Says MTV Boss.
How 'SNL' Plans to Cover Last Night's Debate (Without Having to Actually Hire a Black Woman); Candidate dolls cause controversy for retailer.
David Tennant May Never Leave Doctor Who, Claims Producer; David Tennant in 'Love's Labour's Lost' rehearsals.
Paul Newman on the cover of Entertainment Weekly issue #1015; Paul Newman: A legend and a life (EW).
Cheadle, Swinton And Frears To Be Honoured By BAFTA/LA.
Trailers and clips: The Devil Lives in 'House' Trailer and Poster; Another Horror Movie Full of Ghosts - 'The Uninvited' Trailer (Emily Browning! Where u been, bb?); Worth Watching - Amy Adams' 'Sunshine Cleaning' Trailer (not to mention Emily Blunt); Exclusive: Clip from Bill Maher's 'Religulous'; Exclusive Clip: Watch ‘Gossip Girl’ Star Chace Crawford In ‘The Haunting Of Molly Hartley’; 'Dragonball' Teaser Leaked on My Face, in My Eyes.
Game On! Two New Harry Potter Board Games Now Available; Rowling 'makes £5 every second' (and let it be noted that she then gives a sizable amount to charity); Emma Watson: Chanel Cutie (Hermione grew up to be a fashion plate. Huh).
More From Snyder's 'Watchmen' Sneak.
New Twilight trailer coming out next week; Questioning 'Twilight': Will It be a Box-Office Hit?; gang fangulation with the boys of Twilight.
2009 is the Year for Dracula: The Un-Dead. "ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker and award-winning 'Dracula' documentarian and historian Ian Holt have sold North American-English publishing rights of the Stoker-family-authorized sequel to Bram's classic novel "Dracula" to an alliance of Dutton U.S. (Brian Tart), Harper U.K. (Jane Johnson) and Penguin-Canada (Laura Shin)." I am not sure how to feel about this.
Johnny Depp Being Offered $55 MIL To Reprise Jack Sparrow Role. DAMN.
New 'Sleeping Beauty' Special Edition is Simply Aurorable. But--but--I just got a special edition restoration whatever a couple of years ago! Is this different? HAVE I BEEN BETRAYED? "But of course this new set has enough to make it worthy of a fresh investment." *SHAKES FIST AT HEAVENS*
Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor to Tango With Superman again?
Fox Considering Relaunching 'Daredevil' with Aim of Being Watchable.
Is James Cameron's New Space Epic Rife For A Franchise? [Avatar] I thought the expression was "ripe for something"?
Lucas in 'Think Mode' for 'Indiana Jones 5.' SOMEONE HAS TO STOP HIM.
No Excuse To Miss Clone Wars [Star Wars: Clone Wars]. Well, except for the not caring about Star Wars. That seems like a pretty good excuse. Also: 25 best/worst 'Star Wars' moments; Fan Made: Star Wars Does Steampunk and Reservoir Dogs.
Bill Murray: I Am Evil Venkman? [Ghosbusters 3].
Michael Cera talks 'Nick & Norah'; Review: 'Nick & Norah' is revolutionary; 25 best movie soundtracks since '83.
Check Out the First 5 Minutes of 'Blindness'; Blindness' Dystopian Fable Becomes An Overwrought Movie; Mark Ruffalo Considered The Consequences Of ‘Blindness’; Stars Dealt With 'Blindness' Fear; Adapting Saramago's "Blindness" Was A Journey From Horror To Poetry, Meirelles Tells io9.
Review: Hathaway dazzles in 'Rachel.'
Review: 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.'
Garcia Teams With Del Toro, Cuaron For Female-Friendly ‘Mother And Child.’
New Pics, Clips and Negative Buzz for Eastwood's 'Changeling'; Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling' Struggling for Early Buzz.
Still Half Naked, Megan Fox Becomes a Mermaid?
Ormond, Strathairn and O'Hara Board Temple Grandin Project; Strathairn, Ormond, and O'Hara Face Autism.
Schreiber and Hunt Join 'Every Day'; Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt Pronounced Unhappy Man and Wife.
Ready For Another JFK Conspiracy Movie? Here Comes ‘Dorothy Kilgallen.’
EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner Voices Santa In Most Messed Up X-Mas Special Ever.
Michael Moore Tries to Shut Down the 'Slacker Uprising.'
Cast Revealed for Romero's New Zombie Film; Yep, Romero's Heading Back to Zombietown.
Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' Finally Gets the Movie Treatment. ...Kind of.
Bollywood Snake Lady Captured From The Wild, Wants To Be Your Girlfriend.
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I read Narnia when I was five, started on LOTR and Shakespeare when I was nine, Pride and Prejudice when I was elevenish, and continued in a similar vein. I had no conception of what was, or was not, a classic. So I never learned to approach classics with such reverence that I never dared to read them. I was omnivorous--I read a fair bit of age-appropriate total rubbish (ahhh, Nancy Drew) and learned a trick or two about mirrors and leather with less-appropriate works (ahhh, Candide).
And then, on a whole nother level, what exactly gives these people the right to restrict a kid's library access? Blind leading the blind.
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My mom decided to homeschool when I came home from school in first grade with the one age-appropriate library book I was allowed to check out, read the whole thing while standing in the doorway, tossed it on the floor, and never looked at it again. Heh.
I also read Pride and Prejudice, along with Jane Eyre, at eleven or twelve. I certainly disagree with the age-banding thing although it fills me with the eyeroll of irritation more than the capslock of rage. *eyeroll*