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Supreme Haircut

You would think the new Supreme Leader dude running North Korea could at least get a decent haircut:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/12/kim-jong-un-great-leader-new-north-korean-vitriol-toward-south-korea.html

and

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/world/asia/north-korea-declares-kim-jong-un-as-supreme-leader.html

 

December 30, 2011 Posted by | News | , | Leave a comment

Good News for eBook Authors

Amazon announced that for each week in December, one million Kindles were sold, with the Kindle Fire on top. Gift purchases of Kindle books were up 175 percent during the holiday period. It’s estimated that 14 million Kindles will be sold by the end of the year.

Check it out here: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kindle-amazon-sales-holiday-season-276707

December 30, 2011 Posted by | Books, News | , , , , , | Leave a comment

More on Cheetah-Gate

Not to beat a dead horse (or monkey), but the Cheetah death controversy is heating up. Check this out:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cheetah-death-fake-tarzan-chimpanzee-276704

And this:

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/29/doubts-surround-the-death-of-cheetah-1930s-tarzan-chimp/

December 30, 2011 Posted by | Movies, News | , , , | Leave a comment