Moral of the story: They didn’t notice pureed carrots disguised in their sauce, but broccoli radar won over the turkey meatballs. Guess what I’m having for lunch?

We are all supporting the Seinfelds and the next car for their collection.

Yep, it’s offical: I’m boring.

Honey, if you like feminist fantasy/adventure/buckling swash and the like, read Robin McKinley. She’s my favorite, favorite fiction writer of all time. Start with “The Blue Sword”. It’s adventuresome heroines who are kind of rough-edged and wry who find themselves in difficult situations. Not intellectual (I only had to run for a dictionary every 5 pages or so), but not a throwaway either as far as your mind is concerned.

2. i’m reading an advertising book called “chasing cool” right now by noah kerner and gene pressman (link it yourself, you lazy bastards). it obviously leans heavily into the advertising world, but it’s interesting to see how the corporate america plans each new advertising launch in relation to the success of the ipod. case studies include grey goose vodka, barneys new york, armani, and us weekly.

3. sorry for the no-capitalization post. it’s an e.e. cummings morning.

http://www.amazon.com/Year-Living-Biblically-Literally-Possible/dp/0743291476/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199048513&sr=1-1

Lisey’s Story by Stephen King
Handling Sin by Michael Malone
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

How is the Squanto book? It looked pretty Christian-y.

; )

I’ll check out the book. SAD is not good for much, including marriage.

For one thing, all the guys think they are abnormal, yet they are all thinking the same things. Also, the charts and graphs are one thing, but the personal narratives are another. I really felt for a lot of these guys. In this safe environment it is helpful for me to hear guys be completely honest who are not my husband, because then I won’t take things personally or I am free to think of their thoughts outside the context of my own marriage. I hope I am making sense.

The book covers just about every topic you can think of. That was helpful, too. Not that we were avoiding topics in our marriage, but sometimes they don’t just come up on the drive home from church. ;) So I’m thinking this book could really help seasonal affective disorder! (tee hee) Can someone change the subject? This is getting embarrassing.

My husband and I recently read “The Sexual Man: Masculinity Without Guilt”. It was written in 1994, but there’s nothing new under the sun, right? I’ve read some bad Christian books on sex, but this one was helpful to me. The premise is that the author felt most major research projects took on too broad a spectrum of subjects, so he surveyed hundreds of mainstream, middle-of-the-road heterosexual men - most of them Christian, many of them pastors. Are you just wondering what they said??

I am halfway through The Book Thief.

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Thief-Readers-Circle/dp/0375842209/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198947444&sr=8-1

It’s not a “fun” read, but is brilliantly written. It’s the first book in probably years in which I just escape to another world. Basically, it is a novel about a makeshift family hiding a Jewish man during WW2, written from the perspective of the reaper (he’s not grim, but he is the collector of souls). The author does a great job in his timing of letting you know the details and gives just enough foreshadowing to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Sorry about the SAD thing. Email me daily and I’ll try to make you laugh with really crass dick and fart jokes. It’s the least I can do.