That's a great recommendation, thanx!

Someone recommended reading the poem aloud in Pale Fire, and I loved it even more that way. My dog seemed to enjoy it, too.

Ditto to Dellarigg!

I can summarize the Kugel for you: left to right. Unless, and this is crucial, it's in Hebrew then right to left. You're welcome!

Don't give up, Zircon, that book is so unbelievably worth it! The comment below about Tolstoy is really accurate and could be applied to a lot of South American and Russian novelists.

Excellent choices! Conrad, like James or Hardy, in my opinion, take a little more effort in the front half but pay off more considerably in the back off. Happy reading!

The worst is when they're not even upset, just dismissive, "you'll still like it!" About as much as you'll like this windmill kick.

Starts to really pick up psychologically from there, Jesus. Fun fact: Conrad was so good you're reading him in his fourth language and it's still better than nearly everyone else!

I'm currently reading Sleepwalkers by Clark about Europe idioting their way into WWI. A little dry in the military aspects but his descriptions of the characters and use of anecdote is marvelous. Highly recommended for history fans (and timely!)

The Donnas doing "Speeding Back To My Baby" is pretty fantastic as well. Traded the singer my Kiss Army zippo for a kiss on the cheek that tour. Yowza!

Are you implying that a musician you may or may not know repeatedly saying (and then writing a song about) you sucking their cock is the same as two wrestlers shooting on each other in a storyline that's scripted? That seems like a bit of a stretch, logically.

I'm familiar with Mark Kozelek's work in passing; is he always this big a dick? Or is this some kind of attention grab? It's one thing to write an acoustic song about Nickelback or Dawes or something, but the singer/guitarist for WOD seems like such a genuinely nice, sorta withdrawn guy it reeks of just pure…

He wishes he was Sun Ra, but don't we all?

Gilead is a wonderful read, you won't be disappointed!

A good friend of mine lost his little brother to a drug related death recently after a long battle with addiction. A couple of days ago I was on the bus heading downtown when "Highway Patrolman" came on. I felt a few tears slip and then just started sobbing. The woman next to me didn't say anything, just put her…

Why awesome, out of curiousity? Seems pretty trainwreckish.

I know this posted a while ago, but what is a conversion safety?

What'd you pay? I'll go first, fifty bucks. Sorry, Ma for the same, and I regret nothing.

Oh, you're just a kid, that explains it! I was a lot like you ten years ago, hopefully it'll pass for you, too. 😀

That's…weird.