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Hideous $10,000 plastic Christmas tree Grad writes, "While cruising Amazon looking for some new Christmas tree magic for my family, I ran across what must be the world's most expensive Christmas tree." It's a Christmas-friendly price of only $9,993.50. Read the rest... Kodachrome home-movie of a Long Beach fast food joint in 1952 Archivist Rick Prelinger sez, "I'm sure Beany's Hamburgers weren't the healthiest food, but this eight-minute home movie from Prelinger Archives takes us inside a fast-food joint from the Korean War era. Read the rest... Dollar Store Dungeons! Rachel sends us "a series of posts about all the cool ways to use dollar store finds in tabletop RPGs. There is an amazing variety of useful things there, from things that could easily work as miniatures, to white boards for sketching maps or tracking initiative, to the cheapest source I've yet found for glass beads." From Dollar Store Dungeons, parts 6, 7 and 8: Paint, brushes and dominoes: Dominoes + paint + brushes = nice, blank, black tiles. Read the rest... Delware school district wants kids to get signed permission before checking out YA library books The Appoquinimink, DE school board is contemplating requiring parental permission slips for students who want to check YA novels out of their school library; district secondary education curriculum director Ray Gravuer came up with this silly idea in response to a parental complaint. Read the rest... Discounted ebooks for readers who own Dilbert, Oatmeal and Nom Nom Paleo books Peter writes, "Vancouver based ebook bundling start-up, Bitlit has signed a deal with Andrews McMeel publishing. The deal allows readers who own a paper copy of an Andrews McMeel book toget the eBook for 80% off. The deal includes comic collections from Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal) and Scott Adams (Dilbert), and Michelle Tam's bestselling cookbook Nom Nom Paleo." Read the rest... Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Doctor Who scarves and skirts Etsy seller Rooby Lane makes great, nerdy textiles, sporting designs from sf/f TV and movies, like theLord of the Rings and Marauders' Map map scarves and the Tardis skirt. (via Geeky Merch) Read the rest...