Harry Potter explained genetically

Mildly interesting. I had heard that Potter had made Rowling richer than the Queen of England, but I was always a little dubious of that claim. This article states that she's the first writer billionaire, still, I'd think the Queen had more property than that. Then again, I don't know if the Queen gets residuals. :-)

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/08/15/genes-education-harry-potter-cx_mh_0815harry.html

Too good not to steal: Unused lines for Firefly; Serenity posters

From Joss Wheden's email for not attending this year's DragonCon, shamelessly stolen from JosephAZ:

I'll leave you with a few more rejected tag-lines for the Serenity one-sheet...

"To Infinity... and then it's a left, half a block, house with the blue trim."

"Serenity. Like glass in a bag."

"Meet Malcolm Reynolds. He hates Scottish People." (I totally lobbied against that one.)

"They're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no skills... Wow, they're gonna DIE!"

"If you loved "Stealth" or "the Island".... um, actually never mind. It's not important."

"Serenity. The most exciting film since D.W Griffifth's's private dirty zoetropes (which were AWESOME.)"

"This Fall, Stop and Smell the Serenity."