Cyber Monday Deals on Amazon Devices
Source: Deals and Offers on Kindle, Fire, Echo devices – Official Site
Mark Hamill Thankful He Knew Carrie Fisher
Mark Hamill posted this lovely image on Twitter this Thanksgiving with the message “#Thankful4TheMemories”.
Source: STAR WARS: Mark Hamill Shares Touching Thanksgiving Tribute To Carrie Fisher
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I Guess It’s NOT Too Early For Black Friday Stuff
I’m usually the guy who’s cranky and says “Grr. It’s too early for Christmas/Chanukah/Thanksgiving ads.” In this case, though, I’m wrong. Black Friday is a week from today, so it’s not too early to think about deals and stuff, if that’s your bag. Link below to ZDNet’s Black Friday guide.
We’ve collected the best Black Friday specials all in one spot to help you with your PC buying decision.
Source: Black Friday 2017: All the best deals, sales, and ads on laptops, desktop PCs | ZDNet
Free Thor Digital Comics On Kindle
Today only, get free Thor digital comics on Kindle. It’s THORSDAY! Get it?!?
Anyway, get free Thor comics today ONLY. Thursday November 2, 2017. THAT’S IT. Sorry for the late notice but I only just found out myself.
And for those of us who like it old school, check this out.
Source: Amazon.com: Thor Digital Comics
Goddammit
Really? We’re still banning books? Or are we BACK to banning books? Because “To Kill A Mockingbird” is a great book. While it is possible that the same issues/values can be learned from another book, this is a damn good one. Language makes you uncomfortable? Banning books makes ME uncomfortable.
EDIT: the book wasn’t BANNED per se. It was “removed” from the reading list. Still annoyed.
UPDATE: I read some of the responses to the story on Twitter. My replies are below.
I actually never liked To Kill a Mockingbird. Thought Atticus was paternalistic & just at the bare minimum of seeing black people as human.
— Ebony Taylor (@ebony_taylor94) October 14, 2017
Fine. As long as you aren’t saying that therefore the book shouldn’t be read. I don’t think that’s what the person is saying but if so, she misses the point. Let’s say you think this about Atticus. (I don’t but whatever.) USE THAT AS A JUMPING OFF POINT FOR DISCUSSION. If I recall correctly, Atticus’ stance was startling because of where he was in that particular era. But seriously, PLEASE disagree. Let’s talk about it.
To Kill a Mockingbird makes me VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TOO, it literally says ALL white people are racists. Not true!
— Tony (@Tony_Artza) October 14, 2017
Heh.
if to kill a mockingbird makes you uncomfortable you should probably be reading to kill a mockingbird.
— Nick Orsini (@NickOrsini) October 14, 2017
Low hanging fruit but OK.
Progress is built on a steep incline and we backslide fast. Books like To Kill A Mockingbird are there to lift us when we need it. Like now. https://t.co/1GeBsQFKkH
— Michael Green (@andmichaelgreen) October 14, 2017
I don’t know about the “lift us when we need it” stuff. But backsliding? Oh yeah.
To Kill a Mockingbird: The book to read is not the one that thinks for you, but the one that makes you think. #SaturdayMorning pic.twitter.com/074TD8iuMO
— Jerry Mitchell (@JMitchellNews) October 14, 2017
Biloxi administrators pulled the novel from the 8th-grade curriculum after the district received complaints that some of the book’s language “makes people uncomfortable.”
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NY Comic Con Will Not Watch Your Kids
In case you were wondering, NY Comic Con will not watch your kids for you. Seriously. Look.
The fact that NY Comic Con had to post this on their website means people have asked, likely multiple times. “Can you watch my kids for me while I go cosplay and run around and buy comics and stuff?” “Um, no.”
Have fun! But leave your kids at home, or be prepared to watch them yourself.
