Sometime between July 16th and July 18th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
- ‘The Case of the Disappearing Orwell’ Is Not as the Blogosphere Would Have You Believe: "The idea that's spread through the Internet like wildfire is that this was an action at the behest of this publisher, who decided on a whim that they didn't want to publish it through Amazon any longer, and that Amazon caved and did what they asked. That's just not what happened, and it's rather unfair to Amazon for people to continue to spread the misinformation that says it is."
- Seattle Gay News: Vogue Night at Neighbours Underground: "'A hidden gem on Capitol Hill.' That's the way a patron dressed in black describes Vogue Night, an '80s, new wave, goth, and industrial night of dance at Neighbours Underground. The party is authentic, fashionable, and very sexy"
- Michael Jackson in 2000 in 1985: "What Ebony, in 1985, Thought Michael Jackson Would Look Like in 2000" Apparently, like Billy Dee Williams in Empire Strikes Back.
- NASA Releases Preview Partially Restored Apollo 11 Video: "To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk. The source material for the restoration project is the best of the available broadcast-format video. Lowry Digital, Burbank, Calif., is significantly enhancing the video using the company's proprietary software technology and other restoration techniques. The video is part of a larger restoration project that will be completed in September and provide a newly restored high definition video of the entire Apollo 11 moonwalk. The completed restoration will provide the public with the highest quality video of this historic event."
- Unidentified Biological "Goo," 15 Miles Long, Creeps Down Alaskan Coast: "A gigantic smear of gooey, black biological material is making its way through the Chukchi Sea between Wainwright and Barrow in Northern Alaska. Eyewitnesses say it's definitely a living entity, though unlike anything they've seen before. The blob was first spotted last week, floating in Arctic waters. Big chunks of it – some as much as '12 miles long,' according to the Anchorage Daily News, are drifting through the sea. A helicopter tracked the spread of the goop for 15 miles and saw no end to it."
- Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All of Western Literature Been Leading Up to This?: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters: "As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels?"
