Teasing on Thursday & A Lootless Library Week

On brothers, latrines, closing out the city, starting the big machine, and uncovering the hidden brain:
No excuses for my two-day silence.  Onwards and upwards, folks!  Besides, I’m feeling pretty good since I just polished off China Mieville’s The City & The City.  I’ll say only that I liked it, because I’ve found that the less [...]

Library Loot: April 14-20, 2010

On library loots and too many books to read:
It appears that today is library loot day, and boy do I have a mountain for you.  I may not have been blogging much in that last month or so, but I’ve spent a lot of quality time in the library checking out books I can’t possibly [...]