Book - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:20:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 How about some old-timey erotic literature? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/03/how-about-some-old-timey-erotic-literature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-about-some-old-timey-erotic-literature Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:00:04 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7447 Today’s world is full of nostalgia. Everywhere you look, people are yearning for “the good old days”, such as when kids could play in the woods all day without supervision. When you could eat undercooked meat or seafood without a care in the world. And when writers were writers.  When books were, well, real BOOKS […]

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]]> The Most Popular Books of All Time https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/11/the-most-popular-books-of-all-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-most-popular-books-of-all-time Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:19 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7048 Reading books will never be the same in today’s Internet age. Everybody wants things fast, fast and new, new. But sometimes a book captures the world’s imagination, and everybody upon everybody feels the need to go out and buy it (or borrow it from the local library), curl up in a cozy sofa, and escape […]

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]]> What’s the Best American Novel ever written? https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/07/whats-the-best-american-novel-ever-written/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-the-best-american-novel-ever-written Thu, 11 Jul 2013 23:00:52 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6507 It is summer, and summertime can only mean one thing: the dreaded SUMMER READING LIST. Remember those? You would be given a list of super-boring books that you absolutely had to read over the carefree sunny days spread out before you, and everyone always did the exact same thing:  everyone waited until two days before […]

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]]> The 1800’s were a vulgar, obscene time in history https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/11/the-1800s-were-a-vulgar-obscene-time-in-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-1800s-were-a-vulgar-obscene-time-in-history Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:34 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5613 If you’ve never had the opportunity to visit the Old Country (Germany, Italy, France, etc), you’ll be amazed at how history surrounds you at every turn when you do finally make it over there. Everywhere you look will be some ancient building or piece of art, forever preserved for the never-ending crowds of ooh-ing and […]

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]]> Fairy tales for the rest of us https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/10/fairy-tales-for-the-rest-of-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fairy-tales-for-the-rest-of-us Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:00:36 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5563 Do you remember the FRACTURED FAIRY TALES segment on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show? That’s where the show would tell slighty edited, oddball versions of classic stories – occasionally with a modern twist. Fractured Fairy Tales That’s the premise behind the blog FAIRY TALES FOR 20-SOMETHINGS.  The authors take a classic story, and apply it […]

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]]> How unique is your name? (Chances are, you’re just one in 546) https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/10/how-unique-is-your-name-chances-are-youre-just-one-in-546/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-unique-is-your-name-chances-are-youre-just-one-in-546 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:00:43 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5553 How unique is your name? Sure, you may have replaced a “y” with an “i” (let alone decided that dotting the i with a smiley face would be “your thing”).  Your parents may have given you a unique spelling of a typical name, in order to differentiate you as being “special” when you finally go […]

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]]> How often do you read the Bible? Apparently, not as often as you think https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/09/how-often-do-you-read-the-bible-apparently-not-as-often-as-you-think/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-often-do-you-read-the-bible-apparently-not-as-often-as-you-think Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:00:27 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5375 Web Watch knows that not everybody is religious. There are those people who only go to church on Christmas and Easter (“C&E’ers”).  Some who only attend on High Holy Days. There are people who attend Mass every Saturday night, if only because they have other things to do on Sundays. Each person has their own […]

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]]> That book you’re reading says you’re a total douche https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/06/that-book-youre-reading-says-youre-a-total-douche/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=that-book-youre-reading-says-youre-a-total-douche Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:00:14 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5116 One of the better job interview questions you can ask to get to know the candidate a little better is “what was the last book you’ve read?” Chances are, especially if the job candidate is a bit younger than average, they’ll be hard-pressed to come up with an answer as they’ve typically spent most of […]

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