Goodnight Moon

Today's the birthday of Margaret Wise Brown.

What five books would you present to a child and his or her parents? You can "cheat" and name collections -- for instance, my five would include Six By Seuss and The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh, along with The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, and The Hobbit (for later).

Happy Birthday to The Grim One

Thanks to drzarron for reminding me that today is the birthday of one of our favorite people, billroper!

Smite Me, Infant, One More Time

ninjapeps in scans_daily aims us to this thread, which asks the musical question: "How would the Mighty Thor reinterpret contemporary pop hits?"

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See? Evil. This is evil.

This is evil. This guy? Evil. You think not? HOW?

That's really what it's come down to. There are people out there who would rather protect their power, their money, their spot in the hierarchy, than make sure our children and grandchildren can breathe.

GHOST RIDER Trailers

Domestic and international teasers, substantially the same. Not bad, except for that cheesy "... I'm Ghost Rider" at the end. At least he does sound haunted when he says it.