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Battle for the quirkiest literary award

Posted by gem, 22nd February 2010


Authors are battling it out for the Diagram prize for the years oddest book title.

The six finalists are.....

'Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich'

'Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots'

'The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease'

'Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes'

'What kind of Bean is this Chihuahua?'

Other titles that didn't make the finalist cut....

'The Origin of Feces'...hmm there is no way I would be wanting to read this one

'Bacon: A Love Story'.....so true,... Read more
I know....I know.....such a hard decision to make. As you can imagine, I am constantly confronted by people for advice on this subject...Unicorn this, T Rex that. With all these charming Unicorns and T Rex's around it is important to be aware of the pro's and con's of such a relationship.

When I was faced with the same problem a while back, a prettysweet friend introduced me to these reasons. I hope they help you, like... Read more
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2009 Weird Science Awards.....it's weird

Posted by gem, 28th August 2009
This prettysweet (two words combined, not seperated, meaning cool rather than pretty OR sweet, because that four eared cat.....not so pretty) competition is run through cosmiclog msnbc.

The top ten winners get put in a 'Weirdy Gallery'.



What took number 1??

Well....Nearly 2 pounds of 2700 year old marajuana was found by Archaeologists in China's Gobi Desert. 'Believed to be buried with an ancient Shaman as a mark of respect'. Scientists did lab test that... Read more
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat

Albert Einstein