I thought it fair to point out that I don't know how much religion is going to be in this blog from now on. Not that I have ever been especially loquacious here, but I suspect a good chunk of you are in this for Lulz And Good Times With The Tivar, and I just don't expect a lot of that to get posted here in the indefinite future. (Yes, I am still ( Read more... )

01. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
02. Candide by Voltaire
03. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
04. Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson
05. No Reservations by Anthony Bourdain
06. Details Men's Style Manual by Daniel Peres
07. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
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One I can't recommend highly enough: A Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf by Peter Lovenheim
Run, run away: Bohemian Manifesto by Laren Stover
Good fluff: Hotel Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
Fiction win: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Non-fiction win: Red, White and Drunk All Over by Natalie MacLean
I never knew I wanted to know that: ( Read more... )

01. The Graduate by Charles Webb
02. French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
03. Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich (finished it; started it last year)
04. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
05. The Drag King Book by Del LaGrace Volcano and Judith Halberstam
06. What Not to Name Your Baby by Joe Borgenicht
07. Mort by Terry ( Read more... )