"Yes, Virginia..."

"Apparently Virginia and Florida are the most bookish states as of late -- both had two cities apiece among the top 10, and three apiece among the top 20. We'd like to congratulate residents of Alexandria, Virginia, the most literate city in the country according to Amazon, for reading so much."

Virginia O'Hanlon asked and they replied with an editorial.

Read more about the most well-read cities in the United States on The Huffington Post.

"Well, something good had to rub off." *

Anna Jarvis founded Mother's Day back in 1908 in Grafton, West Virginia, but eventually earnestly campaigned for its abolition.  Why? Read more about it  on The Washington Post.

*Mommie Dearest

"All they do now is recycle shit from the past and expect nobody to notice."

Johnny Depp in all his awesomeness back in the '80s.  Nothing has really changed, has it?

But, really, we don't mind, as long as it is going to be as kick-ass funny as this "retooling" of the '80s hit series.  And as long as Channing Tatum's in it, too. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I actually can't believe I enjoyed this film.  I thought it was going to fall into the Scary Movie parody category (which is not really that bad if you'd only consider the first one).  And, again, Channing Tatuuuuuum! We totally get what Ms. Griggs (Ellie Kemper aka Erin from The Office) was feeling. We'd totally melt at that potassium nitrate poem and get all Liar Liar with Jenko.  Channing Tatuuuuuuum!

"2b or nt 2b"

"Alex Edwards, who is 22 and from Wakefield, has been dealing with a different type of text: the one which young people flick too and fro with their agile little fingers. He has transposed the whole of Romeo and Juliet's famous Act II, Scene II into text abbreviations and produced it as Were4 rt thou Rmo?"

The Bard sandwich

Read more about how this student is changing the Bard's "text" in The Guardian.

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of his thoughts."

Feel like color blocking like everyone and her mother is doing? Click on The Interactive Color Wheel to help you not look hideous.

*Marcus Aurelius

"Maybe my skull is too crowded and it has no opening through which to feed it soup?" *

By which we mean there's just too much awesome going on in the scifi-fantasy movie genre nowadays that, really, we don't have room for bad films. Thank you, Joss Whedon, for upping our standards and showing JJ Abrams what would probably be a better ending to Lost in The Cabin in the Woods.

The much-reblogged, repinned, reposted photo of the Chrisses 

And, of course, there's the ever-reliable Chris Nolan to look forward to...

...and which reminds us of this (which is pretty awesome, too, if you're into Sheldor the Conqueror. Ooops, we mean Batman).

*The Witch's Life, Anne Sexton

"It was a queer, sultry summer..."

That first line from "The Bell Jar" ranks eighth among the 10 Best First Lines in Fiction, according to The Guardian. Here are the other nine. 

Popular Penguins all in a row (Photo taken at Kinokuniya Bugis Station in Singapore)

"Everyone is obligated to make a sandwich out of the two last slices of bread."

I was looking for quick and easy sandwich recipes online when I got reminded of that quote from Cathy "Aaack" Guisewite.  I miss that comic strip. I miss a lot of things from the '90s.

Clubhouse Sandwich served with fried banana chips
from a local cafe at Kalibo, Aklan in the Philippines

And here are some sandwich recipes from Pinterest.  If you're to make them, then just stare at the photos. That's what Pinterest-ing is really all about, anyway. Now, for those two last slices of bread...

"Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth..."

but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no exception." And, according to Forbes' Fictional 15, he is the richest, too...among fictional characters, that is. 

Benedict Cumberbatch will be the voice behind Smaug in The Hobbit. Photo from The-Hobbit Movie.

Here's the complete list of the richest fictional characters according to the magazine.

"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself..."*

Happy World Book Day! Check out these amazing bookmobile photos gathered by Flavorwire.

*John Milton, Areopagitica