the i in we

Now, for the Visual
You guys have some great book input. Why don’t we corral that better?

Flick 1: possible racism, possible bad reporting

Flick 2: camera phone + flasher / (craigslist * gothamist) ^ flickr = fugitive!

Why is it that I can think of one solid setup for the the picture, but no punchline? (There’s room for AT LEAST one pagitt-style finger swirl in there somewhere!)

Hey, Jenie has some pretty pictures up of the Porch. (Never, ever call it Solomon’s…mmm ‘kay?

I’m pretty sure I have posted these before, but perhaps they’re oldies but goodies:
Death by Caffeine and Death by Minty Treats

Grossest item I learned about and saw evidence of this week (I can’t even link to Google about it bc it’s so nasty, but completely SFW): tonsil crypts

Let us cleanse: “Lost” –clips from season 2: here and here.

Confirmed: I’m going to be an Auntie again. Yea!

My Turn:
1. Number of books you have owned: over the years…hundreds?

2. Last book I bought: Super Flat Times: Stories by Matthew Derby for Sheraton, and The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman for me/us

3. Last book I completed: “Under the Banner of Heaven”, John Krakauer.

4. Five (or so) books that mean a lot to me:

1 Traveling Mercies, natch
2 Beach Music, Pat Conory
3 A Million Little Pieces, James Frey
4 Rilke’s book of hours: love poems to God, Rainer Maria Rilke
5 Evensong, Gail Godwin
6 The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
7 (short story) The Lady and the Dog, Chekov
8 My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers

4b. What are you currently reading?

Without, a book of poetry by Donald Hall

4c. What do you wish you’d get around to reading?

Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut
Keats
…People’s History…Zinn
Bonhoffer

5. Which 5 bloggers (people) are you passing this onto hoping will follow your lead?

Anne
Rachel
Eric (he needs a push to blog these days)
Carla & Katie have my permission to drop it in the comment section
Stratford? Are you out there? – Javier or Josh can take your place