The Sound of the Crowd

Recommended Reading…

  1. No one likes a clever dick: But a lot of people liked a clever Douglas, and FilmForce has assembled a collection of rememberances of Douglas Adams by his friends and colleagues, including actors who appeared in the radio series of Hitchhiker’s, Neil Innes of Python and Rutles fame, and Stephen Fry.

If I were you I’d skip the opening paragraphs, which consist of someone trying too hard to be “Adamsesque,” but some of the rememberances are really entertaining and fun.

  1. Happen to catch the Daily Show last night? If not, watch this clip. Jon Stewart is never more excellent than when he’s angry.

  1. The GOP plan for Social Security isn’t going exactly well. Gee, who could have seen that coming?

  1. Sounds like Lucas’s stuff to me: A Daily Kos contributor who is also a Star Wars fan nominates an excerpt from the novelization of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover for “Worst Opening Paragraph of the Year And It’s Not Even May Yet…”

He’s right, it’s enough to make you miss James Kahn.


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