Harper Collins launches a new imprint.

"This fall the company will publish 21 new hardcover and paperback original titles under the It Books imprint, focusing on pop culture, sports, style and content derived from the Internet, like a planned collection of Twitter posts called “Twitter Wit.”

Derived from the internet? Who proudly announces they're trying to be derivative? Besides, isn't this kind of like your dignified Grandmother showing up at your house in sweatpants and Uggs, calling you "grand-homes?" No, Grandma! What we liked about you was your Grandma-ness. Also, no one's said a variation on "homes" since 1992. But we like the boots. Those are nice.

Ever claim to have read a book when you actually, um, didn't? You're not alone.

"George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four comes top in a poll of the UK's guilty reading secrets. Asked if they had ever claimed to read a book when they had not, 65% of respondents said yes and 42% said they had falsely claimed to have read Orwell's classic in order to impress. This is followed by Tolstoy's War and Peace (31%), James Joyce's Ulysses (25%) and the Bible (24%)."

Read the Bible. It will blow your everloving mind. You may think you know that book, but – check it out. I've been listening to an audio version in the car. I almost crossed the median when I got to Genesis 6:4:

"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown."

In the King James version, "Nephilim" is translated as "giants." I had to back the tape up on that one.

Aaaaand, Freight Stories #4 is out. Has been out for a little while, but I'm not sure if I mentioned it here. And if I already have, two mentions won't hurt.