Pirate homeboys, Leonard. I love Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White. His intro plays with the metaphors of reader/writer and john/prostitute interaction. The first fifty pages have been wonderful.
I ripped through Dave Barry's second novel, Tricky Business, in about two hours. It's faster-paced than Big Trouble, taking place entirely in one day, but the general theme stays the same (ordinary people stumble upon …
Andy implicitly and Leonard explicitly urge me to upgrade my weblog software, so I will, soon. Format changes and service disruptions may occur. Today's realization: I no longer feel that moment of disorientation where I …
Met Dave Eggers. Seems generous and friendly to his public. He packed the house (the relevant house being Cody's Books) and gave each attendee personal attention. Did I mention that I finished American Gods? I …
Headline from some leftish paper: "Tide Turns for Uncle $cam."
Six or seven years ago, I wanted to impress an interesting fella that I met at alt.fan.dave_barry, so I went to the local public library and I read up on golf. (He also played lacrosse.) …
From last night's tasty dinner at Dragonfly with Leonard (the fries and chocolate mousse were excellent, and the beef skewers "very good", but the tomato rigatoni too oily), on the hypothetical Osama bin Laden LiveJournal …
What a month! Dave Eggers, Michael Chabon, J. Richard Gott, Sandra Cisneros, Jonathan Schorr, Jamie "Naked Chef" Oliver, and my old Russian History prof Reginald Zelnik are all doing events sponsored by Cody's Books this …
Mike Popovic posted a yummy-looking recipe for spaghetti with Sicilian green tomato sauce. Maybe I'll make that in early November to celebrate my move -- I'll be living in a new place nearer work, with …
I guess Brewster has already made his choice and I won't be the one driving the bookmobile. Mumble grumble Project Gutenberg founder grumble.
