sunday short stack

"If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."
- Robert Southey

• Beware the time-sucking potential of this celebrity face recognition tool at MyHeritage. Who knew I looked like Jessica Alba? (via Bad Advice)
• Is song recognition more your thing? Try Midomi. (via Pop Candy)
• Or maybe visual word association? Try Visuwords. (via Neatorama)
• You've seen the Japanese version of the Hodgman/Long Mac ads - now see the British version.
• So let me confess: We do meet regularly, usually at Cameron’s place, because it has plenty of room now that Justin’s moved out.
  
• Study a map of the Land of Oz.
• Or if you prefer: a map of Los Angeles bookstores.
• Jonathan Lethem has made a promiscuous list of stories available to anyone for adaptation at the cost of an agreement signature and a dollar.
• Submit your sad and lonely stories to the Rejected Fiction contest. You must provide at least five rejection slips. (via Maud Newton)
• Dear Mr. Amis: Why are you such a snob? (via The Literary Saloon)
• Considered but Discarded Names for the Indie Band Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin