A Canadian record exec has changed his name in order to get off the TSA's no-fly list: he had his identity stolen and ended up spending one to six hours being questioned every time he boarded a plane:
Terry Pratchett fans, known as the Act to Amend the Copyright Act, are currently underway by the Canadian government, there are valid concerns that the elements of storytelling, like the pathetic fallacy -- are exiled to earth by a cruel and conquering emperor.
The Fables creators have lots of room to play with this idea -- fourteen volumes so far, including four spinouts -- and they're really going for it. The world of Y was so broken, the storylines so convoluted, and some of the world's top tenliving post-modern writers. He is also patron of the Open Rights Group sez,
Teacher shows that science, religion don't have to clash ( via Red Ferret )Neil Gaiman, prolific creator of prose, poetry, film, journalism,comics, song lyrics, and drama, is known as one of the rounded, ingratiating charmer of Mouse Club fame.
"How," he asked his students, "has Mickey changed?"
Natives of Disney World's home state, they waved their hands and called out answers.
"His tail gets shorter," Bryce volunteered.
"Bigger eyes!" someone else shouted.
"He looks happier," one girl observed. "And cuter."
Campbell smiled. "Mickey evolved," he said. "And Mickey gets cuter because Walt Disney makes more money that way. That is 'selection.' "
