LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON

Tag: funny

  • The #1 Weirdest Thing about Writing a Book Series (and It’s Not What You Think)

    In my Dru Jasper urban fantasy series, one of my lead characters is Greyson, a half-demon mechanic with a possessed muscle car. He’s your archetypal tough guy. He always wears a black leather jacket and aviator sunglasses. Which is cool. Right up until the moment the leather jacket gets destroyed. Torched by magic. Slashed by…

  • What Do Men Really Think About Your Hair?

    What Do Men Really Think About Your Hair?

    My next book is so new that even the title isn’t settled yet. But my agent sent me a nice note about how well I pulled off the simmering romantic tension between the lead characters. Considering that the point-of-view character is a smart young woman, and I’m a guy (in my case, smart and young…

  • Best new TV show: Downton Zombie!

    Best new TV show: Downton Zombie!

    England, 1914 . . . LORD GRANTHAM: Something seems a bit off with the new footman, wouldn’t you say, my dear? ZOMBIE: RRRGH! AARR! LADY GRANTHAM: My word. Mr. Bates, look out! ZOMBIE: MMRAAH! MR. BATES: Perfectly all right, thank you. Don’t concern yourself. LADY GRANTHAM: Thomas, go help Mr. Bates. THOMAS: Begging your pardon,…

  • How hot are these PRUNES? Fahrenheit 451!

    Ray Bradbury never said anything about prunes.  How do we know?  He said so! And (just in case you need it) here’s a link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NxG_rr5aU Just when you thought the Sixties couldn’t get any weirder . . .

  • Why I’m wanted for murder!

    Fresh on the heels of “They Fight Crime!” comes the Instant True Story Generator by Nathaniel Jones.  Go ahead, click it.  You deserve a laugh. Shakespeare this is not.  In fact, when I read this, I hear the voice of Napoleon Dynamite (“Gosh!”).  But for random computer-generated hi jinks, this is pretty funny stuff.  Here’s…

  • The Pasta Bible: Soylent Green really IS people!

    The grand tradition of Soylent Green and “To Serve Man” has just had an unlikely addition: The Pasta Bible.  A cannibal-friendly typo has caused quite a bit of controversy in Australia this week.  Read it for yourself: http://www.smh.com.au/national/penguin-reprints-book-peppered-with-an-error-wants-it-taken-with-grain-of-salt-20100416-skjl.html Forget fava beans and a nice Chianti; just add sardines and a little prosciutto, apparently.  Yikes!