Comments on: Blogs and Books http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:35:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: coturnix http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-153028 coturnix Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:49:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-153028 The fist Blooker Prize has been announced a few weeks ago: http://www.lulublookerprize.com/ The fist Blooker Prize has been announced a few weeks ago:
http://www.lulublookerprize.com/

]]> By: anna http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152857 anna Sat, 22 Apr 2006 06:02:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152857 Books and blogs together. Language Log is publishing books on their site sounds interesting. Now blogs turning into books. I will also try out hand in it. Got a great idea from this blog Thanks. <a href="“http://www.bloodpressuresite.info" rel="nofollow">books</a> Books and blogs together. Language Log is publishing books on their site sounds interesting. Now blogs turning into books. I will also try out hand in it. Got a great idea from this blog
Thanks.
books

]]> By: ArC http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152726 ArC Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:11:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152726 Former America's Next Top Model contestant (what? quit looking at me like that) Elyse Sewell got her blog -- actually quite entertaining -- turned into a book, at least for the Asian market. Former America’s Next Top Model contestant (what? quit looking at me like that) Elyse Sewell got her blog—actually quite entertaining—turned into a book, at least for the Asian market.

]]> By: Scott Eric Kaufman http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152712 Scott Eric Kaufman Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:06:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152712 To respond to Kevin, who said the Valve oughta become some books: You just wait, Kevin, you just wait. John and I were talking about just that very topic before he passed out. (Jet lag from Singapore's the pits, I hear tell.) We were also talking about collecting examples of academic humor which, by virtue of being written two or possibly even three years ago, have disappeared from blopular consciousness. Who wants to forget such brilliant <a href="http://www.adamkotsko.com/weblog/2005/11/analysis-of-smacking.html" rel="nofollow">brilliant</a> (and humble) <a href="http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/2006/04/disadventure.html" rel="nofollow">examples</a> of the form? (Seriously though, John and I were batting around the idea of capturing all those moments which threatened our keyboards with liquid refreshment from mouth and nose alike in a single volume that, by virtue of being printed on dead trees, wouldn't have the potential to terrorize your keyboard.) To respond to Kevin, who said the Valve oughta become some books:

You just wait, Kevin, you just wait. John and I were talking about just that very topic before he passed out. (Jet lag from Singapore’s the pits, I hear tell.) We were also talking about collecting examples of academic humor which, by virtue of being written two or possibly even three years ago, have disappeared from blopular consciousness. Who wants to forget such brilliant brilliant (and humble) examples of the form?

(Seriously though, John and I were batting around the idea of capturing all those moments which threatened our keyboards with liquid refreshment from mouth and nose alike in a single volume that, by virtue of being printed on dead trees, wouldn’t have the potential to terrorize your keyboard.)

]]> By: willie mink http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152707 willie mink Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:31:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152707 Biting Beaver writes bitchin' rad feminism. I've long thought the two folks posting there should write a book. Biting Beaver writes bitchin’ rad feminism. I’ve long thought the two folks posting there should write a book.

]]> By: Crooked Timber » » Books and Blogs http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152676 Crooked Timber » » Books and Blogs Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:58:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152676 [...] Crooked Timber « Blogs and Books | Main | Culture War Mashup » [...] [...] Crooked Timber « Blogs and Books | Main | Culture War Mashup » [...]

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152648 Barry Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:04:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152648 Diverging from the actual topic of the post - thanks, Nat! Reading his old posts is frickin' hysterical. Diverging from the actual topic of the post – thanks, Nat! Reading his old posts is frickin’ hysterical.

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152644 Barry Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:44:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152644 Barry wrote: A quick Amazon search didn’t find anything appropriate under ‘Whittle’, or ‘eject’. Nat Whilk wrote: "Why doesn’t this count? (For Pete’s sake, it’s even advertised on his home page.)" I miswrote - I should have said a quick search for 'Whittle, Bill'. And it was quick. I went back to his website, and realized that I was seeing only the center and lefthand side (I set my fonts large). I scrolled over to the right-hand side, and saw that book advertised. Which did give me the laugh of the day: "If Steven Den Beste is Spock, then Bill is Captain Kirk" - James Lileks That's not the only possible trifecta (Instapundit could have been involed, or Hitchens, for example), but it was hilarious. Barry wrote:

A quick Amazon search didn’t find anything appropriate under ‘Whittle’, or ‘eject’.

Nat Whilk wrote:
“Why doesn’t this count? (For Pete’s sake, it’s even advertised on his home page.)”

I miswrote – I should have said a quick search for ‘Whittle, Bill’. And it was quick.

I went back to his website, and realized that I was seeing only the center and lefthand side (I set my fonts large). I scrolled over to the right-hand side, and saw that book advertised.

Which did give me the laugh of the day:
“If Steven Den Beste is Spock, then Bill is Captain Kirk” – James Lileks
That’s not the only possible trifecta (Instapundit could have been involed, or Hitchens, for example), but it was hilarious.

]]> By: Anderson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152630 Anderson Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:23:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152630 Thanks, me2i81! Thanks, me2i81!

]]> By: Nat Whilk http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152618 Nat Whilk Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:03:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152618 Barry wrote: <i>A quick Amazon search didn’t find anything appropriate under ‘Whittle’, or ‘eject’.</i> Why doesn't <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976405903/" rel="nofollow">this</a> count? (For Pete's sake, it's even advertised on his home page.) Barry wrote:

A quick Amazon search didn’t find anything appropriate under ‘Whittle’, or ‘eject’.

Why doesn’t this count? (For Pete’s sake, it’s even advertised on his home page.)

]]> By: Jason Kuznicki http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152600 Jason Kuznicki Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:04:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152600 <a href="http://www.reallivepreacher.com/" rel="nofollow">Real Live Preacher</a> Gordon Atkinson writes great stuff and already has a book out. Real Live Preacher Gordon Atkinson writes great stuff and already has a book out.

]]> By: maurinsky http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152599 maurinsky Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:57:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152599 <a href="http://www.buggydoo.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">One Good Thing</a> written by Flea is the blog/writer I would most like to see rewarded with a hefty book deal. One Good Thing written by Flea is the blog/writer I would most like to see rewarded with a hefty book deal.

]]> By: SamChevre http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152598 SamChevre Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:30:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152598 Volokh Conspiracy, and WaiterRant Volokh Conspiracy, and WaiterRant

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152594 Barry Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:13:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152594 "Didn’t Bill Whittle’s posts from Eject! Eject! Eject! get published in book format?" Posted by Sebastian Holsclaw A quick Amazon search didn't find anything appropriate under 'Whittle', or 'eject'. In the case of that blog, timeliness wouldn't be kind to him. I can't find his archives, but his 'tribes' posting is hilarious - particularly when George 'TANG Boy' Bush is put in the Greys (the hardcore guys). OTHO, it's probably a shoe-in for Regnery. Or anywhere else where people could write off New Orleans because supporting Bush demanded it. “Didn’t Bill Whittle’s posts from Eject! Eject! Eject! get published in book format?”

Posted by Sebastian Holsclaw

A quick Amazon search didn’t find anything appropriate under ‘Whittle’, or ‘eject’.

In the case of that blog, timeliness wouldn’t be kind to him. I can’t find his archives, but his ‘tribes’ posting is hilarious – particularly when George ‘TANG Boy’ Bush is put in the Greys (the hardcore guys). OTHO, it’s probably a shoe-in for Regnery. Or anywhere else where people could write off New Orleans because supporting Bush demanded it.

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/19/blogs-and-books/comment-page-1/#comment-152575 Tim Worstall Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:25:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4577#comment-152575 Glad simstim mentioned it. It’s here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0954831837/qid=1145528628/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/203-5496870-9102333 Glad simstim mentioned it. It’s here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0954831837/qid=1145528628/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/203-5496870-9102333

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