You guys, have we talked lately about how awesome my friend John is? Maybe it's been awhile. Maybe we need to revisit this fact with a visual representation:

( ...of what he gave me for my birthday. )

You know, I forget sometimes how much I love certain books. And then I pick them up again and am reminded. Even though I feel like I hear more praise for A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp, my favorite John Irving book remains The Cider House Rules, which is a wonderfully rich, interesting, funny, sad, thoughtful, intelligent ( Read more... )

Just a couple of quick links. From my friend Megan over at Polichicks, the CNN article Superheroes rise in tough times.

Because news about superheroes is always awesome (and on a related note, I highly recommend The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (fiction) by Michael Chabon, which ties into the subject of the article and is a fantastic ( Read more... )