This should be the end of the book acquisitions for a while.

Took some of my dad's hardcovers off his hands today--thaaaat's another two or three more shelves, mostly nonfiction, about half WWII history. Lots of cryptography and espionage stuff. Dad thinks I'm going to end up working for the NSA.

Speaking of which, where the fuck is my copy of Cryptonomicon? I swear to god that all my Neal Stephenson novels disappear sooner or later. My brother borrowed Snow Crash and never gave it back, my dad borrowed Diamond Age and only just gave it back in the giant bookdump, mmejavert borrowed the Baroque Cycle and will hopefully give it back but it takes six months to read the damn thing, and now Cryptonomicon is missing. Granted, I am rather evangelical about lending out my Neal Stephenson, but that is because Neal Stephenson is awesome and writes geekfic on steroids, and I want my books back so I can pimp them out to more people. (Kind of like Mark Steel--I swear I ought to have a reading copy and a lending copy of Vive la Révolution.)

Now I just need to decide what to read next.

This should be the end of the book acquisitions for a while.

Took some of my dad's hardcovers off his hands today--thaaaat's another two or three more shelves, mostly nonfiction, about half WWII history. Lots of cryptography and espionage stuff. Dad thinks I'm going to end up working for the NSA.

Speaking of which, where the fuck is my copy of Cryptonomicon? I swear to god that all my Neal Stephenson novels disappear sooner or later. My brother borrowed Snow Crash and never gave it back, my dad borrowed Diamond Age and only just gave it back in the giant bookdump, mmejavert borrowed the Baroque Cycle and will hopefully give it back but it takes six months to read the damn thing, and now Cryptonomicon is missing. Granted, I am rather evangelical about lending out my Neal Stephenson, but that is because Neal Stephenson is awesome and writes geekfic on steroids, and I want my books back so I can pimp them out to more people. (Kind of like Mark Steel--I swear I ought to have a reading copy and a lending copy of Vive la Révolution.)

Now I just need to decide what to read next.

Oh Christ

How do you keep a five-year-old entertained for five and a half hours?

I'm terrible with kids. I've been enlisted to baby-sit the girl across the street tomorrow morning--neighborly duty + promise of cash. I have the feeling I'm either going to be the Boring Babysitter Who Never Does Anything Fun or the Terrifying Corrupter of Youth. Current plans involve Disney movies, crayons, and possibly a use for those Great Illustrated Classics. I don't even knowwwww.

Oh Christ

How do you keep a five-year-old entertained for five and a half hours?

I'm terrible with kids. I've been enlisted to baby-sit the girl across the street tomorrow morning--neighborly duty + promise of cash. I have the feeling I'm either going to be the Boring Babysitter Who Never Does Anything Fun or the Terrifying Corrupter of Youth. Current plans involve Disney movies, crayons, and possibly a use for those Great Illustrated Classics. I don't even knowwwww.