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Where was Kelly Link when I was… oh… I dunno, 13-18 years old? She’s got a great voice for that aged reader and It doesn’t come off as being condescending, or simplistic. The themes and topics she addresses are real issues for teens. All of her books are short story collections and her most recent, Pretty Monsters is just such a compilation (otherwise I couldn’t have said “all”).

Anyway, for the horror/fantasy crowd in their teens, Pretty Monsters is a great place to start digging into Kelly Link.

I’ve just started Stranger Things Happen and haven’t gotten very far so I can’t speak for it or any of her other work, but here are her collections:

• Pretty Monsters
• Stranger Things Happen
• Magic for Beginners

Additionally, she’s worked on the following collections:

• Trampoline
• The Best of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet

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Can’t wait for the Pre? Don’t want to pony up for a new phone when it does come out? Don’t like Sprint? Have a Treo or Centro already? Turn your Treo or Centro into a Pre with TealPoint Software’s TealOS.

It actually looks pretty slick and encorporates a fair number of the WebOS features like cards, the slide up launcher (although the Treos/Centros have hard keys for most of that anyway), and the app launcher drawer.

Since PalmOS doesn’t really support multi tasking, when you flip between cards you’re actually shutting down one app and starting a new one. Still fun though.

You can try it for free or buy it for $14.95

WebOS Skin for your Treo or Centro – Give your PalmOS device a WebOS-style wave launcher and card interface with TealOS.

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Apparently the pneumatic cylinder responsible for height adjustment blew and created a fragment grenade out of the rest of the chair. The metal fragments caused a great deal of blood loss which ultimately was the cause of death.

This is legitimately worrisome. I can take some solace in the fact that my employer has given me a chair that releases pressure on its own as I shift positions over the course of the day.

Via Gizmodo.

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Dunno how this one slipped by me, but looks like Jason Schwartzman’s Band Coconut Records has a new album out, Davy.

Not as big a fan of Davy as I was of his/their first album, Nighttiming, but worth a listen anyway.

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Make your own skittles infused vodka and “taste the rainbow” both ways (going down and coming back up again). I haven’t tried this out yet, but I fully intend to. Sorta reminds me of the old fashioned wax bottle candy with the syrupy liquid in it.

Hmm, wonder if I can find a how-to on making your own wax bottle candy…

Skittles Vodka Tutorial | Mix That Drink.

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How is this not called a “Pancake Pooper”?

Amazon.com: Jobar Handy Gourmet Pancake Batter Dispenser: Home & Garden.

Still haven’t Electric Six live? Check them out Monday, April 6th at First Avenue.

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