sunday short stack
"Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it." - Joseph Conrad
- Looking for something to do today? Check out the LA-focused panels at the West Hollywood Book Fair.
- Run-DMC, Metallica, Wanda Jackson, and the Stooges are among this year's Hall of Fame nominees.
- But this is the big news: Robert Plant agrees to join Led Zeppelin for reunion. Update: Robert Plant calls Led Zep tour rumours "frustrating and ridiculous."
- Fictionaut is a new literary community for readers and writers.
- Mixwit allows you to create and share mixtapes. Is the word mixtapes going to long outlast the tapes themselves?
- More cowbell.
- Brush up on your culinary skills at Foodcommander.
- Awesome Abandonments are truly awesome.
- Satisfy your need to nose into other people's business with SideTaker.com.
- Edupunk makes it into Wired.
- Umbrella today? (This is sort of a rhetorical question here.)
- Avoid the 60 worst intersections in LA.
- While it may not be cost-effective to travel to Paris right now, you can make a virtual visit via the Top 10 Paris blogs.