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[Be sure to read the comments: I wrote the first few of these here, but a lot of people have contributed some truly funny endings.] The end of the Harry Potter series, as written by Mario Puzo (The Godfather) : Replacing the fallen Dumbledore as head of Hogwarts, Professor Minerva McGonagall proves to have balls of steel. In a well-coordinated series of carefully-timed … [Read more...] about The End of the Harry Potter Series

I've just picked up The Cult of the Amateur: How today's Internet is killing our culture by Andrew Keen. I spotted the book at Borders and read the jacket copy, which surprised me in its ability to make me seethe with anger: in a hard-hitting and provocative polemic...Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today's new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens … [Read more...] about On My Reading List: The cult of the amateur

If you work with computers, you have to see this. Unfortunately, you have to read the English subtitles at the top. (video link) (Hat tip: Glenn) … [Read more...] about The First Helpdesk Incident Ever

In the spirit of Jon Swift, I'm going to review Mark W. Smith's Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts without reading it. In fact, I think all I have to read is this part of the description: America’s courts, legal culture, and law schools remain solidly in the Left’s camp. Decades of liberal legal precedents fill volumes of law tomes. … [Read more...] about Disrobed

Philipp Lenssen points out that an Amazon user named Jon Swift has a habit of reviewing books he hasn't read. Here are a few examples: Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract With America by Newt Gingrich A Contract As Good As the Paper It's Written On I have not actually read this book but I think a new Contract with America is a great idea. The last Contract with … [Read more...] about Book Reviews Without All That Reading