Montana's Hebrew Speaking Bomb Dog

This has absolutely nothing to do with science fiction or fantasy but I came across this funny article and I wanted to share it.So the Helena Police Department in Montana had purchsed a bomb sniffing dog from the Israeli Defense Forces because it was cheaper then buying a bomb dog locally. The only problem was that the dog, which was raised in Israel and trained in Hebrew, couldn't understand any of the commands given by his new American owners.Even though Officer Foskat received a list of Hebrew commands to use, Mikey the dog just couldn't understand...

Favorite Fictional Character: Thursday Next

Favorite Fictional CharacterHosted by Ryan at WordsmithoniaThis week's favorite fictional character is Thursday Next, from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series.Thursday is a literary detective who solves crimes against literature that are too strange for the regular police force to handle, in this quirky alternative history series that takes place in Swindon, England.Thursday is a wonderful character who is brave, intelligent, resourceful and, loyal....

Interview with Jessica from Shut Up! I'm Reading

She's only thirteen years old, but Jessica runs a successful YA book blog, Shut Up! I'm Reading, where she provides insightful book reviews, interesting interviews and entertaining commentary on her views on books and book covers.Hi Jessica. Can you start off by telling me a little bit about yourself?I'm a girl with a love of reading who decided to share her love with anyone who cares to read about it. Reading is one of my very favorite things to...

Happy Book Day To Me: My Holiday Gift Swap Gift

I'm currently in book heaven.Today I received a package from my (not so)secret blogger from the holiday gift swap (she revealed her identity to me last week to check if I received the package yet) and it contained not one, not two but THREE books from my wish list!! I definitely got myself an awesome secret blogger person.I'm now the proud owner of these three books:The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostI've been wanting to read this book...

Peter V. Brett's contest: My ideas for a winning picture

Peter V. Brett has a fun contest for three ARC copies of The Desert Spear, the sequel to The Warded Man. To enter you have to send in a picture of yourself, or someone else, holding a copy of the Warded Man, with extra points given to pictures with an interesting background.While this isn't the first such contest that I've come across, it is the first time that I actually own the book that is needed to participate and so I think I'd like to give...