{"id":146,"date":"2008-07-28T13:55:48","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T17:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2008-07-28T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T18:18:59","slug":"writing-about-reading-not-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/writing-about-reading-not-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing about Reading — and Not Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"

I may — may<\/em> — be posting a real entry later today. At the moment, though, I’m focused on preparing my first contribution to the BookBook blog<\/a>: a review of Dean Koontz’s Odd Hours<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Until then, I offer you a YouTube “Thriller” extravaganza:<\/p>\n

First, we have the original video<\/a> (embedding this video has been disabled on YouTube, so you’ll just have to follow the link if you want to see it).<\/p>\n

Here’s the same thing (1\/3 the length of the original), re-created by 1500+ inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And one of at least a couple wedding-reception versions:<\/p>\n

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…and, finally, the definitive (or at least, the most painstakingly assembled) version: Legos!<\/p>\n

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