I Had a Talk With Ranga...

"Hey, Ranga, what if I started a web comic series of our adventures? Wouldn't that be neat?"

"Er...not really. It would just be you sitting on the couch, trying to balance the laptop and a kitten on your lap, eating tortilla chips and getting guacamole everywhere."

"Oh. True. I suppose that wouldn't be very exciting."

"Also, you can't draw. I mean, you can barely draw a recognizable cartoon elephant."

He's a very perspicacious kitten. Sorry, guys. No web comic from me. Ah, well....



Links!

• Libraries, Books, & Authors
• Hint of Scandal Embroils Queens Library’s Leaders 
• New Florida University Unveils Bookless Library 
• The first World War, in color 
• What the 'death of the library' means for the future of books "The popular myth about the Library at Alexandria is that it was sacked and burned, but in fact, the truth of it is more complicated. It was in fact subjected to multiple raids and burnings at various points in history, after which its collections were rebuilt time and time again. What ultimately killed the Library was budget cuts."
• In Tehran, a Taxi's Metamorphosis Is Kafkaesque 
• Reading Helped Me Overcome A Racist Upbringing "This? Is why I think it’s vital that we fight for diverse literature in schools. When the book-banning folks come out, it’s so often to shut down a person belonging to a minority group speaking about experiences that make people uncomfortable. Of course we are uncomfortable. We are complicit. It takes discomfort to impel change."
• Net & Tech
• Researchers Develop Octopus-Inspired, Color-Changing Camouflage Material 
• Monkey’s selfie cannot be copyrighted, US regulators say 
• Science
• Two U.S. Ebola Patients Are Released by Atlanta Hospital 
• Is Iceland's next volcanic eruption about to happen? 
• Wolves Cooperate With Each Other, Dogs Form Hierarchies 
• Scientists Create Transparent Solar Concentrator 
• Birds Bursting Into Flames Above Solar Farm Stirs Calls To Slow Expansion Oops...
• Cities Are Making Spiders Bigger Eheheheheh...
• Ferguson
• Here's What Newspapers Around The World Are Saying About The Ferguson Shooting 
• St. Ann officer removed after pointing gun, threatening Ferguson protesters 
• How These Righteous Religious Leaders in Ferguson Are Giving Us Hope
• These Are Some Of The Inspiring Things Ferguson Teachers Are Doing While School Is Postponed 
• We can talk about Ferguson 
• Other
• John Crawford Case: It’s Open Carry for Whites and Open Season on Blacks 
• Apparently, if you ask St. Louis cops to kill you, they will. This is a story of cops gone wild. 
• Georgia County Won't Pay for Toddler Med Bills Caused by Stun Grenade from SWAT Raid 
• For writing about shooting a dinosaur, S.C. high school student gets arrested  
• Anaphylactic Sticker Shock "What makes life-and-death EpiPens a poster child for Big Pharma greed is that the industry’s usual excuses for exorbitant pricing don’t apply."
• ABC Is Making An Astronaut Comedy Show Inspired By Chris Hadfield Neat!