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With Sawtelle now at number 6 on the New York Times Bestseller's List (and number 2 on Amazon), Wroblewski, a veteran programmer, may be the first software dude to hit it big. (And with a debut novel, at that.) The book itself has absolutely nothing to do with technology - it's a Hamlet-like tale about a mute boy who raises a special (and fictional) breed of dogs on a farm in Wisconsin. Yet Wroblewski says that being a software writer helped him craft the novel and gave him some insight into the mechanics of breaking down the project...
...book was published June 10, and got a great review in the Times four days later. The following week it hit the best-seller list. This should please him, but Wroblewski is still a software dude. "What bothers me is there's not 2.0 process," he says. "I can't go back and release a new version." Then again, he doesn't have to worry about Google stealing his business...
...that cult hit from the Coen Brothers, Turturro had a small, but memorable part as Jesus Quintana, the Latino bowler, who in perhaps the movie's most iconic scene stares down The Dude (Jeff Bridges), Lebowski's sloppy hero. "You said it man," Jesus barks at one point, trying to intimidate The Dude, "Nobody f---s with the Jesus." It is a line of dialogue still repeated today by giggling college students in their dorms - or waiting in line outside midnight screenings - and it seemed to play a factor in the naming of You Don't Mess with the Zohan...
...WITH FIREARMS: Zohan: Longs to put down the guns for the scissors of a hairstylist Borat: Announces to a giddy rodeo audience that his nation of Kazakhstan support America's "war of terror" Jesus: Threatens friends of The Dude by saying he'll steal away their guns, stick them where the sun don't shine, and "pull the trigger 'til it goes click...
...coincidence that more men are volunteering for three-hour pre-papa classes as marketers ply them with more masculine baby gear. Diaper Dude bags and DadGear diaper vests, which come with pockets for a changing pad and other essentials, are becoming modern-dad must-haves. On June 8, every Babies "R" Us in the U.S. is scheduled to host a Boot Camp session as part of a free event for fathers. And Johnson & Johnson recently signed a partnership with Boot Camp to help get men more involved in child care (and presumably buying more J&J products...