1. Hooman Majd, The Ayatollah Begs To Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
2. John Ajvide Lindquist, Let the Right One In (best antidote to Twilight)
3. Sharon Salzberg, Faith (non-fiction, Buddhism)
4. Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals (Discworld; despite being about something I really don't care about, namely sports and football, it was really quite ( Read more... )

Today, I need to:
-go to a grocery store
-go to another grocery store (Japanese)
-go to the library
-clean the living room and vacuum
-take out those piles and piles of recycling
-cook dinner (though we might go somewhere and make dinner tomorrow instead)

And this is for tomorrow: http:// ( Read more... )

I have an undergraduate degree in psychology. Lately I've had this feeling that I should use it, if only to read books and articles. I mean, that stuff is interesting! I spent four years learning about memory, vision, neurons, sleep patterns, people doing stupid shit in crowds, you name it. It can't just go into dark recesses of my brain only to ( Read more... )