theweaselking | May. 8th, 2006

May. 8th, 2006

A witty British girl raised in America. A strong-willed young prince slated to assume the highest office in England. When their worlds collide. . .anything can happen! In this stunning re-imagining of the life of Prince William of Wales, author Valorie Beardsley follows the life of fictional Emily Harrison, a British-born girl who is raised in Los Angeles, and who just happens to have a crush on Prince William of Wales. Emily returns to England as a young adult to attend St. Andrews University, and is amazed when the man of her dreams is sitting in her classroom! Can William and Emily conquer their fears and succeed in love, when the whole world is watching them? Told with dazzling detail and sparkling insight, British Born American Bred is a delightful mingling of fantasy and reality that will have readers wondering not only what happens next, but also what really happens in the lives of the Royal Family. Beardsley combines the depth of historical fiction with the pace of a tabloid, making British Born American Bred one of the most original U.S. exports of the year!

That's right, you can now buy 400 page fanfic "novels", about Mary Sue meeting, marrying, and living with real people, through Amazon.com

The "about the [ed - alleged] author" part is the best. Anyone else immediately imagine Jean Teasdale?

Washington Post seriously publishes article that claims that women's liberation causes male impotence. Source: Weezer lyrics.

No, really.

The History Of The Universe in 200 Words

Also,

Also,
Bush's self-proclaimed "best moment in office" - when he caught a big fish during one of his many, many vacations.

... and there was also a giant mechanical elephant.

No, really.

Click for more, including Tank Girl's baby photos.

Hey, remember when Bush said that the greatest moment of his time as King was that he caught a 7.5lb perch?

Would this be a great time, or THE GREATEST time to point out that the world record for largest perch ever caught is FOUR AND A HALF POUNDS?

Unless it's an Egyptian perch, from the Nile river. Jokes about Bush's record on truth and "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" are writing themselves AS I SPEAK.

Saw this yesterday, decided not to link it. Then

takhisis linked it again, and added this description:

Take a German Reggae-Techo-ish band, which is hard to wrap your head around to begin with.

Then try to imagine if Sir Mix-A-Lot commissioned Tim Burton's stop-motion studio, and then the project was taken over by furries.

Yeah. That's pretty much it.

A dutchman singing Stairway To Heaven.

It sounds so odd because that video is playing *backwards*. Here's what the actually sang.

Angry mother to some flavour-of-the-minute mallpunk band:

"The ticket said 'all ages,' and your band was very foul-mouthed and anti-morals. Charlotte is not the demoralized city that liberal San Francisco and other cities across the North and West are," the e-mail read. "I had looked forward to this concert with my girls for months [and] I didn't spend over $200 on gas, food and, unfortunately, shirts for you to give your own personal political testimony. ... This was a concert, not some liberal homosexual rally."

And what's she objecting to?

'You can leave this show and say, "I think this guy is an arrogant jerk," or think, "This band is better than this one," because these are your opinions. The only thing we consider unacceptable is for you to engage in sexist, racist or homophobic behavior. If you do, we don't want you as a fan. Return our merch and leave.'

You know, I think I might buy their album.

"I encourage fans of our band to grow up to become good people and to change the world. Unfortunately, I don't believe that treating other people as inhuman is acceptable. If that is offensive to you, I apologize, but we don't want you to be part of our fanbase. [Our show] is not a liberal homosexual rally, but at the same time, it will never be a Ku Klux Klan rally. We don't need to sell tickets that badly."

Yeah. I might.