Film Adaptation Of ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ Ends Where Most People Stop Reading Book

“LOS ANGELES—Executives at Paramount Pictures announced Monday that production had finally wrapped on The Brothers Karamazov, a new film adaptation that concludes at the precise moment most readers give up on the classic Russian novel.

The 83-minute film, which is based on the first 142 or so pages of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s acclaimed work, has already garnered attention for its stunning climax, in which the end credits suddenly appear midway through Katerina’s tearful speech about an unpaid debt.

“We are very excited to be able to bring several chapters of this timeless masterpiece to the big screen,” Paramount CEO Brad Grey said of the movie, which was shot, on and off, for two years. “Anyone who’s ever tried to sit down and trudge through this incredible book is going to be absolutely blown away by the faithfulness of our film.”   Full Story

Google Opt Out Feature, Complete Solution to Privacy Concerns

Pillow: 1 Kitten: 0

Don’t be fooled by their cuteness, squirrels are thieves and bullies!

Comic strip about Libraries

I thought everyone had already heard of the comic strip “Unshelved” by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, but I discovered I was mistaken.  Take a peek at it on their home page:

http://www.unshelved.com/

You can subscribe and receive it daily in your e-mail, or even purchase a compilation book of older strips.  It’s a comic strip about libraries and librarians and it can be really funny and definitely on-point.  Take a peek.

Slow News Day

Goose flying upside down (or Photoshop?)

“Brian MacFarlane was amazed when he looked at the photo he had captured of the bird in flight.  The incredible display of mid-flight acrobatics is also a remarkable feat of wildlife photography.”   Story

Biggest Food Product Duds

“Thousands of new food products are introduced to American grocery shoppers every year, which makes us wonder: Which items are so wild that they’ve been removed from shelves permanently? We examined some of the biggest food flops over the last 40+ years. ”   Full List

Ed. – Which of your favs are gone or MIA? The McDLT, Tab, Zima?

144 yrs, not longest overdue book?

“According to a press release from the university, the book was removed from the library by a Union soldier named C.S. Gates on June 11, 1864, when the institution, then known as Washington College, was looted by the Union Army…missing for more than 100 years, but a volume checked out of the Harvard College library and returned in 1997 was more than 233 years overdue when it was finally returned.”   Full Story

Why isn’t this book in all libraries?