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I love the Internets, where I don’t even have to go to the San Diego ComicCon to geek obsess. I personally would be furious/ticked if someone jacked my statue of a French toga lady. I would also be angry if someone ripped off my head and shot fireballs at me. (Just to clarify.)

There are also new photos, one carnage/one party, at 1-18-08.com.

I thought that this was funny. (Actually, slightly disturbing for me and Paradiso for my wife.)

It brought us Swedish meatballs, Billy bookshelves and endless queues on the London North Circular on Saturday afternoons. Now Ikea is going one step further and opening the Ikea Hostel, where customers can stay overnight if they haven’t finished their shopping.

Later this month, Ikea Norway will let shoppers sleep overnight in one of its two Oslo warehouses, an operation that will last a week. “It will be like an alternative hostel,” said company spokesman Frode Ullebust.

“There will be the regular dormitory with lots of beds stacked up together. We will also have a bridal suite, with a round bed and a hanging chandelier, and the luxury suite, where customers can enjoy breakfast in bed,” he said. Family rooms will also be available for parents and children to join into the Ikea fun. None of the guests will be charged for their stay.

Mr Ullebust said that, as far as he knew, this was Ikea’s first foray into the hotel business. Every night, the 30 lucky few will be able to stack up on meatballs, Norwegian salmon and cranberry mousse, as Ikea is offering free dinner and breakfast at the usual canteen.

Whereas Brits may associate the Swedish furniture giant with screaming kids, traffic jams in the parking lot and an occassional riot when a new warehouse opens, it seems Norwegians see a trip to Ikea as the ultimate tourist attraction.

“Around 900,000 visitors come to visit Ikea during the summer holidays. It’s more than one of the biggest attractions in Norway, the Holmenskollen ski jump, gets in one year,” claimed Mr Ullebust.

“We have five Ikea stores in Norway, all situated next to the four biggest cities, which are all in the south in the country. We found that people from the north of Norway include a visit to Ikea as part of their holidays,” said the spokesman. “The Ikea Hostel will make the destination complete.”

Overnight stayers can check in to their new abodes from 10pm, an hour before closing time, but will have to be quick in the morning. “The shop opens at 10am so if they are lazy, people might get woken up by shoppers testing out their mattresses,” said Mr Ullebust.

Customers will also be able to take their bedsheets home afterwards. “It’s a nice souvenir,” he added, “We will also give them bathrobes with the Ikea Hostel logo on, and some slippers, so they won’t get cold at night.”

Many twisting aisles

That never allow you to

Escape the meatballs.

Opening boxes

my heart jumped at the chirping

cricket cockroaches

As I went through the supplies, the Indy theme went through my head.

Beowulf looks awesome, like Final Fantasy:Spirits Within. I am so glad that I ordered the graphic novel for my library.

I saw Tom Leavitt’s movie (okay, so Blue Sky Studio’s movie trailer) before the Simpsons movie. At first the projector was off and it was just sound, but then they fixed it quickly. Here’s the full trailer. What I find interesting about Horton Hears a Who (leave it to Sean the Humanities teacher to point out the deep meaning) is that the story can apply to yet-to-be-born-children.

Big Weekend: I also finished Deathly Hallows last night. Loved the…nevermind. It just hit me how jacked up it would be to talk about the last few chapters if people haven’t read the book yet. When someone gets to the chapter called “King’s Cross”, tell me. Funky stuff.

The Haiku: 

Here is a comic

Set to the wonderful tune

sung by a great choir.

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It’s actually a video comic book that I made of Spider-Pig

It was actually
pretty funny and it lived
up to the big hype.

I almost regret

posting this link to the site

but I laugh out loud.

Toss a Stickman down the stairs. Yep.

Can a dementor
steal the soul from someone who
votes for Hillary?

(Editor’s Note: Mitt Romney can fit into the syllable scheme, too.)

I went in to the
library today to hear
the beep of the books

I am now a librarian. (Not imaginary, for real this time.) I am so stoked. I read the books, I teach the kids about the books, I buy the books, and a whole bunch of other stuff. With scanning wand in hand and a purchase order for Deathly Hallows and Ranger’s Apprentice, it was magical.

It’s too late at night to foray into Galaxiwiki and the robotic fly spies.