Things I've Been Reading

• The literary equivalent of a 42-hour Grayhound bus ride. Which, I guess, is the point.


• Learning about my Neighborhood


• Be Prepared!


• If this book was an old god, it would have wear black sunglasses. Or have a long, white beard. Or something.


• The Description on the Back Said it was Cooler than Zero but it's Much Better Than That


• Not Unlike My Own Journal


• One of the Characters is a Sheep Man. This is a Good Thing.


• I Suggest a New Title: Slow Paced Book of the Long Winded


• It makes me want to spend time in a well. You know, in a good way.


• More Eros than Mortality, which is fine by me.


• I like the pictures more than the words.


• Two of My Favorite Things


• Any book that has the phrase "sipping espresso as thick as the devil's sweat" is a good book by me


• Too Much Politics, Not Enough Monsters


• Floating Cities, Monsters, and Pirates - What Every Book Should Be About


• The Gentle Solidifcation of the World


• It's Not So Much Perdido as It Is Decayendo


• Realizing after a dozen pages or so that the title has nothing to do with the Anasazi


• Reinforcing my stereotypes about state fairs and cruise ships


• Booking My Ticket to Macondo


• Wishing They Said "Yargh!" A Bit More


• Don't Panic!


• Wishing (the book) was more factual and less factualistic.


• As close to a cookbook as I'll probably ever get


• Mojo. Mucho Mojo.


• Tip 41 - Since most people love themselves, if you can be more like other people then it stands to reason you'll be more popular. Tip 58 - Looking up makes you seem more attractive. Tip 28 - One way to stay awake at dinner parties is to talk about yourself. Tip 32 - If the dog barks every time you open the oven it's time to clean it.


• Colin Meloy’s Rock n’ Roll History of Helena, MT


• Little square boxes of self-important angst


• Ah, so that's the difference between the IMF and WTO.


• Now that's an adventure. Of course, when your name's THOR you can't just work in a cubicle
  


• Into the wilderness of violence, fundamentalism, and faith in the American West
  


• Lots of Mental Snacks
  


• It wasn't so much impossible as it was sad and sort of self absorbed
  


• Not nearly as much about Isaac Newton's sex life as I would have figured


• Now that's a travel tale