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^the most helpful fact i've read all day

CNN should pull Bourdain's episode tonight which will promote Iran and their food/culture.

Speaking of crowd funding, we're trying to save our beloved dog who is in need of an emergency leg amputation due to osteosarcoma. Any help is appreciated! www.gofundme.com/gingerbear

Very amusing thread. Alvin was my father. Appreciate that you guys still remember those books after all these years!! - Peter Schwartz

Just pulled these bad boys off my bookshelf for a bit of "light" reading before bed lol

You would get the original illustrations also if you just buy through Scholastic! Harper-Collins is the original publisher, and they changed the images. Scholastic licenses the books, and intentionally retain the original illustrations.

Harper-Collins' version has the new illustrations, but if you buy it licensed through Scholastic, they still sell the edition with Gammell's terrifying and perfect illustrations.

Hey guys, my fiancee works for Scholastic Books in the Book Clubs division, and they're selling the editions with the Gammel illustrations on this month's offer. I'm not 100% sure, but I think that the updated illustrations are exclusively a Harper-Collins decision. They're the original publisher, and Scholastic

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I never read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark as a kid (I've read it recently though), but I did own Alvin Schwartz's collection of stories for younger kids, In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories. I loved it.

I read an interesting interview with Gammell once - he creates a lot of his art by dribbling ink on a page and blowing it around with a straw, and drawing the horrifying shapes he sees. Like how you can see creepy distorted monster faces in crappy wood paneling.

A judge in Maine has ruled that Kaci Hickox — the nurse who was detained against her will and against logic upon her return from treating Ebola patients in West Africa — does not have to follow any stinkin' quarantine. Science - 1. Chris Christie- 0.

I like that HuffPo writer's use of grammar. He uses grammar with purpose.

Jordan is trash-talking, which is a whole nother art form. It's like using a baseball bat instead of a scalpel - but that's not something Jordan would know much about.

The Rog was a bit of a scamp, though. ;)

Levar Burton is fine right? Please guys don't take him from me.

Mr. Rogers and Bill Nye. They are fucking saints.

Mister Rogers. I refuse to believe he's tainted.

There's a difference between the two: evolution is substantiated by science, and creationism is backed up by literally nothing. We shouldn't treat those view points as equal.

what is a hardcore evolutionist? Acceptance of evolution doesn't accept levels of intensity. There's zero and one, accept reality or reject.