Hi.

From The Washingon Post:
“Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was born on May 28, 1908, 100 years ago today. In 1964, at the age of 56, having completed 12 Bond novels, he died of a heart attack, one apparently hastened by his fondness for the cocktails and cigarettes he wrote of with such affection. Despite Fleming's death, more than 20 additional Bond novels, authorized by his estate, have appeared, written by John Gardner, Raymond Benson and (once) Kingsley Amis. Now, to mark Fleming's centenary, we have yet another Bond adventure, this one by the English novelist Sebastian Faulks, best known for his 1993 bestseller ‘Birdsong…’”

Apparently the reviewer wasn’t too fond of it, saying it “has its amusing and entertaining moments, but there were other moments when I thought it would never end. My advice is to invest your $25 in a good bottle of wine and wait for the movie.”

As much as I’ve enjoyed the Bond movies, I’ve never read any of the novels, has anyone here? Are they worth a look?

No longer contented with coasting by on his good looks and snappy comments, KP has finally sifted his last two videos and Actually sifted his 500'th video. Yes, he's been a silver diamond forever it seems, but he has enough applauded comments to make any probie gold. So, how do we measure a man? Let's use Lucky's fab search-o-tron and look at the numbers:

Member Stats
unsifted videos (2)
personal queue videos (0)
sifted videos (500)
Rank: 9
Rating: 600 star points
Votes Received: 13668
Votes Cast: 10701
Comments Posted: 2849
Comments Applauded: 53
Sift Talk Posts: 39
Quality Sift Talk Posts: 20
Blog Entries: 2 • browse
Dead Pool Fixes: 28
Public Playlists: 12 • browse
Profile Views: 27962

COMMENT SEARCH TERM:
ANAL: Videos (0) Sift Talk (0) Blogs (1) Comments(6)
SEX: Videos (10) Sift Talk (1) Blogs (1) Comments(24)
VAGINA: Videos (0)Sift Talk (0) Blogs (0)Comments (6)
PENIS: Videos (0)Sift Talk (0) Blogs (0) Comments (11)
BAN: Videos (0)Sift Talk (2) Blogs (0)Comments (40)
BEG:Videos (0)Sift Talk(0) Blogs(0)Comments(13)
BEG VAGINA:Videos (0)Sift Talk (0) Blogs (0)Comments (0)
GAY:Videos (7)Sift Talk (1) Blogs (0)Comments (50)
THANK YOU: Videos (4) Sift Talk (5) Blogs (0) Comments(150)
PLEASE:Videos (10) Sift Talk (7) Blogs (0)Comments (62)
CONGRATULATIONS:Videos(0)Sift Talk (5) Blogs(0)Comments(26)
AWESOME:Videos (14) Sift Talk (2) Blogs (0)Comments(54)
TERRIBLE:Videos (3) Sift Talk (0) Blogs (0) Comments(28)
HATE:Videos (7) Sift Talk (2) Blogs (0) Comments(66)
LOVE:Videos (35) Sift Talk (3) Blogs (0) Comments (121)
PROMOTE:Videos (3)Sift Talk (0) Blogs (0) Comments (223)
(emphasis mine)


So what we have here ladies and gentleman, is a sifter that loves more than he hates, never has to beg for vagina, promotes lots and lots of other peoples stuff. So let's toast the toastmaster with a quick Huzzah!

...and find out what that 'anal' blog post is all about.

In just under 6 months, kronosposeiden has earned himself 500 Star Points, 11903 votes, 28 applauded comments, 14 quality sift talk posts, his own book channel and a spot in the top 15. He is also - contrary to anything anyone might have said - an excellent dancer.

I'd like to personally thank kp for the great conversations, the numerous laughs and all of the cool vids you've turned me onto. You are one hell of a dude, dude.

Since KP doesn't seem to need any help pimping his vids, and because I hate typing all that =href@#$ bs, I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss a grave injustice here on the sift: No Star Powers for Silver Diamonds.

The admin has really dropped the ball here. They are basically saying FU to kp and other top users on VS, and for that I wish 1,000,000,000 plagues to fall upon them, their families and their descendants for all of eternity and beyond.

So, I've taken the liberty of cobbling together some ideas for potential Silver Diamond Star Powers. Please feel free to add your own.

Potential Silver Diamond Star Powers:

*Ability to self-link
*Ability to post porn and snuff.
*Ability to self-link your own porn and snuff.
*Unlimited queue slots on nights and weekends.
*Conjugal visits with siftbot.
*International diplomatic immunity.
*Ability to use the *undead invocation to summon uhohzombies.
*Ability to create own faction. (blankfist approval required)
*Telekinesis.
*Gets to see Choggie naked.

Might I also suggest a Gold Diamond, whose sole star power would be *all encompassing power over every living being.

Congrats KP!

Do you ever find yourself strolling through the parking lot of a half-assed suburban strip-mall at 10:34 am on a Sunday morning? Sun beating on your face. Sunglasses to protect your reddened sleep deprived eyes. Lit cigarette hanging from your dry cracked-out bottom lip as it droops slightly separate from the top.... more inside ...

Ian Crossland has been reading Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth in his videos spread across his two channels, IanCrossland and crossmack. I've been playing the videos while working on other things. Do any of you like being read to? I was just wondering. It's a topic I've run across among educators. NOTE: Ian does polarize some folks.

This is the best place to put this post, hopefully it's appropriate:

What are your favorite words?

Comment your favorite word or words with pronunciation and definitions. I'm going to create a blog entry with my vocab allstars and I'd like to add the sifters' favorites.

Kulpims turned me on to this site, and it's a winner: Book-A-Minute Classics. Perfect for those who are lazy and ignorant but who want to sound smart and educated. In other words, all of us! Here's a sample:

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

Don't you feel smart and sophisticated already? You're welcome.

Remember how we finally got a new diamond a little while back, kronosposeidon. Well, he's started his channel, http://books.videosift.com/, and it's awesome. So why don't ye all find a video to submit to it as soon as possible? And add all of your old relevant videos to it also.

Wow, a books channel! Nice choice, kronosposeidon. This seems like a good time to find out what kind of books everyone reads. So let's try this: what are you reading right now, and what was the best book you've read in the last year or so?

I'll start. Right now I'm reading Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters, which is actually really interesting and accessible for completely non-scientific types such as myself. Highly recommended (so far, at least). And the best book I've read recently is Lullabies for Little Criminals, which is one of the most engaging and beautifully written books I've read in a long time. It's a bit grim at times, but I honestly couldn't recommend it more vigorously. I loved it.

Anyway, let's see if we can get some interesting recommendations out of this thread.

Hello all.

Just wondering what kind of books everybody was reading out there. Would be great to hear what you like/dislike about them, too.

Among others, I'm halfway through "The I Chong" by Tommy Chong, which is about his life and his ordeal of being sentenced to nine months in a federal prison for selling bongs.

If we get any responses here, I'll try to supply a good quote or a little more info.