We all get a song stuck in our heads every once in a while, but Robert Krulwich interviews a deaf woman who has had music playing in her head for years.  NPR Story

Apparently Google confused it with fakewebsitesellingscheapstuffandstealingyouridentity.com.  I can see how they could make that mistake.

Here is the post planned for the contemporary fiction class:

Heartbreaking Work with Caffeine!

A few of us discussed meeting over the break to discuss AHWoSG, I’ll be at the Starbucks at Utica Square tomorrow (Wednesday) around 2 if any of you want to have a cup and talk about The Real World, playing Frisbee, or how to start your own zine.  Journey’s Greatest Hits will be on repeat.

Nonfiction-y people are welcome, too.  If you guys want to meet at a different time or day to discuss Everything Bad, talk amongst yourselves and post a comment.

After four years of researching, a Pentagon group has discovered that while the Iraqi regime has assisted and collaborated with (and even trained) terrorist groups, there is certainly no connection between Al Quaida and Iraq.  NPR Story

Eyeteeth blog interview with Brian Ulrich, a photographer documenting America’s consumer culture.  Eyeteeth Story (w/ slideshow and links)

Second Life on college campuses. NYT Story

Review of My Kid Could Paint That, a documentary following the art of four-year-old Marla Olmstead.  Popmatters Story

The books are in!  You can pick up your copy at the front desk of the B&N at 41st.  They will be under TSAS or Jesse Stallings.  Or I suppose you could just ask for the title…  We will begin discussing the work on Monday, so try to get through the first chapter at least.

Your journal assignment over the weekend is to reflect on Johnson’s thesis (what point he’s trying to make).  Do you think he’s on the right track with his ideas?  Do his ideas about modern media apply to your life? 

Let me know what you think.

Also, if you read this and have a way to contact other members of the class, please spread the word.  Ask them to do the same.

I just spoke with B&N at 41st.  They tell me that Johnson’s Everything Bad is Good for You should be at the store by the 13th, which is a week from today.  I’ll let you know if they arrive sooner.  This is really a good thing as I think we all have plenty more to say on our current topic, right?