NObody expects the SPANISH INQUISITION!! Contest, interview, etc.

ONE of my very favorite Monty

Python sketches is

The Spanish Inquisition:

But first, here’s a link to Niles’ full interview of

yours truly. This was the basis of his article in the

Doherty High School paper, (which I got some

nice comments about that rightfully belong to

him.) Be a friend and comment his blog, and

read the interview–I go a little long sometimes,

but there are some interesting questions and

at least one embarrassing answer that has to do

with Monty Python.

And here’s the contest:

What four items are among the chief weaponry

of the Spanish Inquisition? (Not including nice

red uniforms, the soft cushions, the comfy

chair, and the rack.)

Email your answer to

bmandabach @ msn dot com, and one person

who answers correctly receives a free book.

Peace, Love, & Vinyl,

M

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And the winner is . . .

Anna!!

At first she was confused by my previous blog

that showed my sharpie drawing, but Anna has

won a copy of Or Not, and I couldn’t be more

pleased. She was a loyal fan of the book when it

first appeared, bit by bit, on my myspace blog.

She also left lots of comments, which I love.

Thanks forever for all of your support, Anna!

By the way, the ink is as permanent as my arm and its epidermis, and the design is by J.R.R. Tolkien. Not so original on my part, but my love for the professor and his work has lasted over thirty years without diminishment. My daughter and I are reading LOTR for the third time, and are at the point where Frodo has just taken off the ring (at Gandalf’s long distance urging, and against Sauron’s long distance urging) on the seat of Ammon Hen.

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Too many links: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist Movie! Contest. And a QUESTION . . .

Andrew Karre told me, and Sara of Sara’s Holds Shelf told him about this first. But tonight I read about it on Rachel Cohn’s myspace blog: the film adaptation of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist! Sara wondered, but sounds like it’s going to be fantastic. When I brought this book to school last year, my students were practically fighting over it, and they are going to be really psyched about this flick. When I first saw this pic of Rachel and Kat Dennings, I thought Kat looked almost too beautiful to be Norah:

I like this picture because it shows me something else, not exactly Norah-like, but, well, you know, gangsta.

Also check out Andrew Karre’s album and book coupling contest and win yourself a book!

Question: I’m keeping my livejournal, because I can post simultaneously. And I love my myspace like a baby blanket. But should I keep my blogspot, or direct my traffic to my mandabach.com website?

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