Del.icio.us links for January 3rd through January 10th:
- Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival – The Big Picture – Boston.com – In frigid northeastern China, in the city of Harbin is hosting its 26th annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Massive buildings built of ice from the frozen surface of the nearby Songhua River, large scale snow sculptures, ice slides, festival food and drinks can be found in several parks in the city. At night, visitors who endure the bitter cold will see the lights switched on, illuminating the sculptures from both inside and outside. This year’s festival opened yesterday, January 5th, and will remain open until some time in February. Collected here are several photos from just before the festival, and of the opening night.
Tags: photos sculpture amazing china cool - Giuliani: Terrorists Never Attacked When Bush Protected Us – Wha? Mister 9/11, Rudy Giuliani, went on Good Morning America this morning to bash President Obama for weakly handling his precious “war on terror.” Obama, you see, has been going about this all wrong—for one thing, he shouldn’t be giving terror suspects civilian trials or closing Guantanamo.
Tags: politics usa republicans bullshit - The top 20 most annoying book reviewer cliches and how to use them all in one meaningless review – “The purpose of reviewerspeak is to force every free-thinking book, movie, and art reviewer into the submissive parroting of only a handful of approved reviewer words to describe any item that may come their way. Call it laziness, call it the incessant demands of the ever-wakeful internet, call it fear of the wrath of Harold Bloom, but reviewers — particularly book reviewers — spew out these same, tired old clichés with the force and regularity of Linda Blair in a scene from The Exorcist.” I am guilty of a few of these.
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