The death of "kerfuffle" and other newsworthy items

Past: 
Quite a bit has happened since I last posted anything pertaining to publishing. Namely:

1. Snowmaggedon/SnOMG, Snowpocolypse II...I'm choosing to call the whole thing Snowgate, only because studying in D.C. for four years left me with a tendency to attach "gate" should the opportunity present itself. 
2. Amazon and Macmillan officially killed the noun, "kerfuffle." RIP kerfulffle, you were a fun one. My favorite two cents on the ordeal: 

• "A Gen Y Reaction to Macmillan's Piracy Plan" (via Digital Book World/ @marianschembari) Very gutsy and very accurate (from a Gen Y perspective). 
• "Apple's iPad and the Evolution of Books" by @penguinusa CEO John Mackinson (via WSJ/ GalleyCat) Check out the comments!
• Saturday Night Live's spoof: "Barnes & Noble" FYI: anything including Jon Hamm is fine by me.

Present: 

Lengthy naptimes today allowed for loads of time to read. (tag: # nannyingoccasionallyrocks) Listed below are the headlines that caught my eye long enough to click past the jump (and were well worth the read time). 

• "Bud Light Superbowl Ad Offends Book Clubs, Literary Bloggers, and Readers" (via GalleyCat)
• "The Real World" (via the 26thStory) A message on unplugging, getting some vitamin D, and reporting back. 
• "Totally Killer/TNB/ Facebook Sweepstakes" (via The Nervous Breakdown) Change your profile picture to one of you in 1991 for the chance to win an iTunes giftcard and an autographed copy of Totally Killer. 
• "Book World's editors on what to read during Snowmageddon" (via Short Stack) Check out Annie Proulx's The Shipping News--#3 on the list and a personal favorite. 
• "The past hundred reviews..." (via Literary Saloon) LS offers a statistical analysis of the last 100 reviews. Congrats on topping 2400 total!
• "Frightened, clueless, or uniformed?" (via Seth's Blog) Godin claims that in the face of great change all of us are one of these three. 

Future: 

I will be making this carrot cake, which I will then frost with this dulce de leche buttercream. Who doesn't love a birthday?