Four more books checked off:

-Nation by Terry Pratchett;
-On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt;
-American Tabloid by James Ellroy; and
-Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen by Bernie Glassman

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And another four books are finished:

-Troublesome Young Men by Lynne Olson
-The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
-The Shattered Dream by Gene Smith
-Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

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Four more books finished.

-Idoru by William Gibson
-Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
-Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis
-Personal Days by Ed Park

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Five more books finished:

-The Planets
-The Illustrated Man
-Witches Abroad: A Novel of Discworld
-The Silence of the Lambs
-The Key to Midnight

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I'm sure everybody has heard already, but all the same, I should announce it myself. I have a job. This Friday I head over to Noodles & Company for orientation. I'd be starting off as a dishwasher, but I might move up to the kitchen positions in the future. I'm excited ( Read more... )

So, I've reached twenty-five books so far. Added to the list are:

-Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! edited by Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch;
-As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner; and...
-The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie

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I have added to my list of finished books the following:
-The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness by Buster Olney;
-Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D.;
-Curse of the Spellmans ( Read more... )

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I have the strongest feeling that my mom's family would really like seeing this. Apparently, my grandfather Richard had played the cello. And he taught at Penn State too, befor he taught at ASU.

Now it is time for an obligatory Dia de los Muertos entry with the standard Manny Calavera icon.

...Man, I miss Grim Fandango.

The Arizona Diamondbacks will be playing against the Colorado Rockies for the National League Championship Series. I...I feel so torn.