And Now For Something Completely Different...

For breakfast every day, Ken places a plate of liver and bacon under his chair, and locks himself in the cupboard.

*BOOK NEWS*

A newsletter just for authors YA Books Central

Galen Kindley discusses the reality of editing at Imagineering Fiction

Mayra introduces us to a great writing book at Mayra’s Secret Bookcase

Alex J. Cavanaugh discusses the similarity of fiction and science fiction at Southern City Mysteries

How do you select names and book titles? Elizabeth wants to know! Mystery Writing is Murder

Arlee Bird discussed blogging, etiquette and stuff at Tossing it Out
And on the same day I discussed it was well! Blogging and Other Strange Things
We had a good laugh about that!

And finally, news of the really weird…
$7000 talking sex robot. Yes, you read that correctly! I can’t make this stuff up…
CNN

*BOOK GIVEAWAY*

That's right! Spunky is giving away a book!

On Tuesday I reviewed "Personality Plus" from Florence Littauer. Well, I discovered a brand new, unread book on my shelf, and after all the comments, decided to give it to one lucky person!

Leave a comment with your email address for one entry.
And if you blog about it as well, you'll receive two more entries! (Leave link to your post.)

This contest open thru Thursday February 11th - winner announced in Friday's post.

* And don't forget my other giveaway for Book V - side top of sidebar for my Mystery Man contest. Just guess the name of Heather's love interest, send me an email, and you could win a copy of Book V!

*MOVIE REVIEW*

Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'
First off, I confess - I love Wallace & Gromit! I even have a Wallace & Gromit alarm clock and a Shaun the Sheep backpack...
For those not familiar with these characters, Wallace is an inventor and Gromit his silent but extremely intelligent dog. They've been featured in numerous shorts and movies, most of which have won an Oscar, and this short is also up for an Academy Award.
What makes them endearing is the humor and expressiveness. It's all done with clay animation, which means it takes over a year just to make one of these shorts. The details in the sets is incredible! Nick Parks is the creator and genuis behind these British characters, who have been around for 20 years now.
In this short, Wallace & Gromit run a bakery. Meanwhile, bakers are being murdered! A chance encounter with the former Bake O Lite girl sends Wallace head over heels in love. However, Gromit is suspicious...
If you like a little murder-mystery with your animation, then this is the film for you!
Includes an episode of Shaun the Sheep on the disc, too.
Rating - A

*PHOTO OF THE DAY*

Rocko's back!!! And hanging out on the bookshelf.  (Okay, she's actually IN the bookshelf - it's lying on the ground in this photo.)