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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I just found this hilarious website called Book-a-Minute Classics (http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/classics.shtml). It’s the perfect place to check when you need a quick way to describe a classic novel. Here’s my favorite, for “Beowulf”:

Hrothgar: Let’s build a big old dining hall and call it Herot.
(They do. Then Grendel, an ugly guy, takes over Herot and eats people. Beowulf rips his arm off.)

All: You rule, Beowulf.
(Some people make SPEECHES and tell IRRELEVANT STORIES. Beowulf kills some more STUFF.)

Beowulf: Wiglaf, I’m dying. See that my funeral pyre fits my greatness.

Wiglaf: Ok.

THE END

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Oooh, that reminds me. Have you ever read the book Grendel? It’s a short read, basically Beowulf from Grendel’s point of view. I’ll have to read that tonight. Thanks!

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That page is hysterical! Here’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Ancient Mariner
I am creepy and old. Listen to me.
Wedding Guest
I’m late, but I’ll listen.
Ancient Mariner
I killed an albatross. Then everyone died.

THE END

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Just about everything on rinkworks is hilarious. My favorites are the computer stupidities page and Pea Soup for the Cynic’s Soul. Right up there with the Onion.