Do you want to know how much I love you guys? I’ll tell you how much. I ordered, back in April, Anathem, by Neal Stephenson. I had heard about it months before that and would check Amazon once a week to see if it was even listed yet. The first time I saw it listed I pre-ordered it and have been waiting for it ever since.

I have been mentioning to some people for the last two weeks “Hey, you know, on the 9th I should get Anathem!” as if it was fucking Xmas. I have been, in short, looking forward to this book. A lot.

And it is at home. Untouched. And do you know why? Do you?

Because if I start it it might be quite a long time until I can read Shaft Among the Jews and report back to you guys on it. So I am making myself read Shaft first. I am putting aside new Stephenson for Shaft, just to entertain you people.

And wow, this book. I won’t say much here but this review will have quotes! It will have examples! It will be epic!

But man I wanna read Anathem something fierce.

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So I utterly forgot out the free fiction thing. We’ll try that again this coming Monday, all right?

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Still nervously awaiting word on a big thing. GAH! Ah well. Mustn’t dwell.

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And for all you LHC people joking about the end of the world – STOP IT! You’ve got it wrong. Today is just a beam test! The first collision won’t even happen for two months. So uhm, save it up, folks. You still got two months.