Sadly, cool books about old, rich white dudes are rarely interesting.

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1926 – Author Harper Lee is born.

F LEE

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1967 – Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the Army, sticks it to the man.

B ALI

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2003 – Apple Computer Inc. launches the iTunes store. Wow, has it been seven years?!

811 DYL

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1805 – Danish author Hans Christian Andersen is born.

F AND

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1872 – George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine. What a real jerk!

791.4302 STO

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1992 – Mob boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering. Remember that reality show “Growing Up Gotti”? Neither do I.

F KOR

F CAR

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1867 – US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 paying 2 cents/acre. The Russians become the laughing stock of the real esate world. 118 years later, the Russians get even by producing uber-boxer Ivan Drago who kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition boxing match. Rocky Balboa vows revenge. No one born after 1990 gets this reference.

B PAL

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1953 – Einstein announces revised unified field theory. Most people were content with the original unified field theory, but Einstein wants to be “that guy” who is always changing things.

530 PAR

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1962 - MC Hammer is born. Nearly 30 years later, Mr. Brough becomes 2 Legit 2 Quit.

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SCOTT PILGRIM VOL. 2-5
by Bryan Lee O’Malley

So I am all caught up on the Scott Pilgrim books (the last one is hopefully being released sometime in 2010, before the movie comes out) and let me tell you, they are the absolute bee’s knees.

If you are a fan of, oh I don’t know…Hilarious dialogue, epic ninja battles, Canadian things, relationship drama, and awesomeness, then do yourself a favour and CHECK THESE OUT!

For serious everyone, if you read these and don’t like them, I will somehow reimburse you for your time in the form of either high-fives, candy or toll booth tokens.

Also, check out PUNK ROCK AND TRAILER PARKS by Derf for something equally as awesome and hilarious but in a totally different way.

SCOTT PILGRIM’S PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE, VOLUME 1
by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Okay, listen up. The Scott Pilgrim graphic novels are one of the best things that I have ever read. EVER, Mr. Brough? YES, EVER!

I don’t want to spoil anything, so here is a very brief synopsis:

Scott Pilgrim is 23 years old, playing bass in a band, dating a high school girl named Knives and living in an apartment with his boy-crazy friend Wallace. Everything is fine and dandy in Scott’s world until he meets the uber-mysterious rollerblading American, Ramona Flowers. Throw in a random, threatening e-mail, a rival band called Crash and the Boys, and a pretty funny fistfight and you have volume 1 of the Scott Pilgrim series.

The book is a very fast read, full of funny jokes (both written and visual) and the action never slows down. I can’t recommend this book enough to anyone who likes awesome things. So come on in and check them out!

Reviewer’s Note:
Best enjoyed while eating a Tropical Wonka Nerds Rope, courtesy of Mrs. McGlone.