I’m driving from Philadelphia to Oakland, CA next week. That’s 70 repeated listenings of Fleetwood Mac Rumours, unless you help me diversify.
The Book About Books
I’ve heard a lot of recommendations about Book Zoo, a small shop on Telegraph Ave. in Oakland, and particularly about the people who run it. The words “manic,” “crazy,” and “obsessive” were dropped, “in a good way,” I was promised.
Punning
I just read a requiem Lorrie Moore wrote for Updike in the NYT, and I’ve never known her to be so somber.
Reading Room
When I’m not here, I blog at the Reading Room on Oakland North’s web site. Oakland North is a project of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, where I am a master’s student learning about cute-sounding web apps like vuvox and Ning, among other things.
RIYL Hey! Arnold
I’ve been in a Hey! Arnold state of mind the last couple weeks, but I don’t own the dvds [yet]. I do have that dangerous new Netflix insta-watch, so I called my friend Vernal and put the question to him . . .