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I'm trying to register for a technical writing class at NVCC, but their online registration application tells me I can't enroll because I haven't taken College Composition I. Yes I have. Seventeen years ago. *ahem* I'm pretty sure that extremely expensive piece of paper sitting in the basement implies that I've successfully passed freshman composition (although granted, not at NVCC). Note to self: email professor tomorrow and ask for permission to do an end run around the registration software.

I used to work in a college bookstore and so I know the logic behind some of the store pricing, but $100 for a paperback is still just stupid.

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Ow. My brain.

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, adapted for frat boys.

At the rager the chicks come and go
Talking about art or something, I don’t know.

And then there's March Madness for nerds like me who couldn't care less about basketball! ;) The Tournament of Books

We aren’t even sticklers about our own rules, frankly. For instance, the TMN/Powells.com ToB constitution explicitly states “only books published in the U.S. between January 1 and December 1, 2005 will be eligible.” The Accidental wasn’t published until January 2006, but hell, the Brits have been talking about it for so long it feels like it was published in 1987. We included it just because we wanted to, constitution be damned. Welcome to the post-Bush/Cheney world, bitches.

All this via bookslut, of course.

Not the most wildly appropriate icon for this post that I have, but it is teh funneh.