There was a total eclipse of the moon tonight. At work Krista and I took turns running upstairs (or outside) to see it. Wish I’d brought my binoculars. It was great. The moon was so dark during totality — much more so than the other total eclipse I saw years ago in AZ. Not much of the blood red effect going on this time. It was still great.
During totality:
Near the end:
also recently finished:
A Chimp in the Family (hrm)
You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Eggers)
and still in the middle of:
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (Franken)
and have had for years, have started and need to pick back up:
Cryptonomicon (Stephenson)
Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
photo courtesy of Bob and the lovely Peggy
finished recently:
Lullaby (Palahniuk) ~ omg, the gems, the gems.
Platform (Houellebecq) ~ this book kicked me right in the head.
Middlesex (Eugenides) ~ who knew it would be a historical-type book? Such a good book.
Lady into Fox (Garnett) ~ not at all like Ladyhawke.
Checkpoint (Baker) ~ after the first few pages I had no choice but to read this book.
A Box of Matches (Baker) ~ strange and beautiful.
The Kitchen Boy (Alexander) ~ I know it’s a good book if it can get me crying that hard in public.
some others that I can’t remember. I can’t remember lots of things, and so I like to write things down. Like right now I’m writing down books I’ve read. It will help me to not buy them again.
currently enjoying:
America the Book (Stewart et al.)
The Future Dictionary of America (McSweeney’s)
Blindness (Saramago)
the pleasure of my company (Martin)
McSweeney’s