Friday Link-oh-Rama time

I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of an advance reading copy (ARC) of Dean Koontz's upcoming novel: Innocence. I won a bidding war on Ebay. Dropped 30 large on it. Large one dollar bills (includes shipping). That's the way I roll. The rest of you suckers can read the book when it comes out on Dec. 10.

And I'm sure you've been anxiously awaiting today's cleavage linkage:

** Which JFK books to pick? An estimated 40,000 books about him have been published since his death, and this anniversary year has loosed another vast outpouring.

** The Luminaries: Novelist Eleanor Catton talks about winning the Booker Prize.

** Jerry, if you're reading this, for crying out loud close an app!

** 5 writing tips: Novelist Jill Dawson shares the advice she wishes she'd known when she started out.

** But it's so obvious: Study that says first-borns are smarter leads to debate among parents.

** High school football playoffs start Tuesday in South Dakota. So you really should read "Crash Bonaparte" at the short stories link up and to the left here. It's one of the favorite things I've written. Dumb, silly and fun.

** Last week's performance was just too much for this Vikings fan to handle.

** Don't go away mad, just go away: Anybody within three degrees of separation of Jersey Shore.

** In honor of Halloween, here's some Freakin' at the Freakers' Ball. Don't give the kiddies any of whatever it is these dudes were on.

** And why did the ghost go to the bar?
For the "boo"s!