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A translation sentence-semordnilap

(never thought I'd find a way to use this word!)

The new Hobbit trailer

I've see it and on the one hand I am somewhat upset that a whole lot of changes have clearly been made to the beloved story, but on the other I'm going "Woa! This is going to be fun!" I think it's best not to be too bothered about the changes and simply consider it an interpretation rather than an adaptation. Here it is, for your perusal:

This is too good not to share it

Warning : NSFW - Contains "language". Golden moment: The Lord of the Rings comment.

Wednesday night video: How not to handle a valuable book

Here Mr. Bean shows us how not to react when we have an accident in the library:

Wednesday Nigth Video: What to do if you find yourself inside a fairy tale

Neil Gaiman reading, "Instructions", a lovely poem about how to survive being in a fairy tale:

Wednesday Night Video: Poetry reading about reading

Taylor Mali reads "Reading Allowed". Not only does this guy have a sense of humour, but he knows how to capture the attention of an audience and the poem is not one of those high-brow odes that only the poet and two other people can understand.

Wednesday night video: Dance of the books

I recently came across this wonderful time-lapse video of book-case reorganisation. It doesn't hurt one bit that I love the music they chose.

Wednesday Night Video: Librarians do Gaga

The singing may be a bit off at some points and the lyrics a bit stretched in some places, but this video still kicks ass: