Wishing

Best Amazon wishlist ever.

The Good, The Bad, and The Links

The Good: I'm back, to do the blogging equivalent of spring cleaning, and lay down a bunch of links for my two or three remaining readers.

The Bad: Yes, as Heather noted my posting has been slipshod, to say the least - and likely to remain so for the immediate future. I've got lots going on, details of which may or may not be mentioned here at a later date.

The Links: Submitted for your consideration...

The April issue of Bookslut has a column about alternative histories, a favorite genre (or sub-genre - whatever) of mine. I highly recommend the first two titles the author mentions, The Man in the High Castle and Fatherland.

And some more about books (of course): the Essential Boston Reading List. If you want some Boston-centric tunes with your Boston-centric books, try Boston:The Musical. Now if only I could get my hands on a CD of Tiny Days by the late, great Scruffy the Cat.

I loves me some P.G. Wodehouse.

Parkinson's Law - which will make perfect sense to anyone who's ever suffered at the hands of the RMV.

I love jackets (the more pockets the better) and currently I'm lusting over the Buzz Rickson “Pattern Recognition” Black MA-1 Intermediate Flying Jacket. If only I had $500 or so to spare...

I would also like one of these and one of these. Oh, and one of these as well. Hell, I can get all three for a fraction of the cost of the MA-1.

There will be one or two more items in seperate posts...

Drinkers of the World Unite...

... you have nothing to lose but your chains!

Good Eats

And maybe some bad eats too. Presenting, for your consideration, a self-described 'Boston area food/restaurant blog with crappy camera phone pictures!'

Eat and Destroy

Get Yer Kilts Heah!

I remember way back in the months leading up to Heather's wedding, there was some talk about some of us wearing kilts to the grand occasion. The idea was discarded because, among other reasons, you can't just go out and rent a kilt, and they're quite expensive to purchase.

But now I learn, thanks to this gentleman, that you can now purchase an economy kilt for the low low cost of $44.00. Oh Frabjous day!

While I don't anticipate any formal type opportunies for kilt-wearing in the immediate future, I can't help but think that a kilt would be useful item to add to my wardrobe. You know, for lounging about the place, or entertaining and such.

The Demon Rum

Yesterday's New York Times featured a 'Letter From Britain' discussing the British culture of booze. Since this article is behind a pesky wall o' registration, allow me to present to you the highlight:

Drink also featured heavily in the life of George Brown, a Labor foreign secretary in the 1960's, who is once said to have stumblingly invited a guest in flowing purple robes at a reception in Peru to dance. But it was not to be.

"First, you are drunk," the guest is said to have replied. "Second, this is not a waltz; it is the Peruvian national anthem. And third, I am not a woman; I am the Cardinal Archbishop of Lima."

Crying With Laughter

Just. Fucking. Magical.

Especially the Batman suit.