What are you doing right now?

[EndOfTheEarth]

Besides posting on here and replying to this thread. Original credit for this goes back to Fate and Nathan on MX.

[Nighthawk]

I'M FREEEEEE!

I feel awesome. Yay spring break! \o/

[Nighthawk]

And also... WE'RE ON THE NEWS!!! :DD Go Greenville/Googleville!! <~I was here!

[RantingSidekick]

That's SO COOL. :D *in awe*

[Nighthawk]

And they put it in TIME magazine!!

Plus the YouTube video with aerial footage...

[EndOfTheEarth]

We were in the news recently too. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/040110_Temple_Braces...

I actually had a chance to see the counter-protest from my dorm. The actual protesters didn't show up.

[Nighthawk]

Haha, that's pretty awesome, that only the counter-protest showed up.

[EndOfTheEarth]

I dug up a ton on Hachette's history, and now I know how it's possible that books like Twilight can be published.

[RantingSidekick]

Lolz, go on?

[SilverMoonArcher]

I want to read/hear too.

[EndOfTheEarth]

So People were asking how a publsihing company that put out Catcher in the Rye could fall as far as Twilight.
So:

CitW was published in 1951 by Little, Brown and Company publishers.
In 1968, the entire company was purchased by Time Warner Books.
In 2006, Time Warner Books was purchased by Hachette Livre, a French publisher (who also owns Yen Press, for those of you who are curious).
And to take it one step further, Hatchette is owned by Lagardere Group (who purchased Hatchette in 1988), formerly known as Matra, which was a bicycle, plane, and missle manufacturer.

In short, the CEOs behind all of this are vehicle manufacturers.
Which makes me wonder what the heck they're doing running a publishing company.

[RantingSidekick]

Dude, best thing ever.

Big pride 603!

[Contradiction]

Plot Machine on Script Frenzy:

After consuming a powerful laxative, a mongoose and a white bear team up with David Bowie to save the world. XDD