Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- How To Read More — A Lot More (“Reading must become as natural as eating and breathing to you. It’s not something you do because you feel like it, but because it’s a reflex, a default.”)
Lawsuits of the Week
- A California lawsuit claims that a woman who agreed to dog-sit a championship Samoyed worth $350,000 castrated it without the permission and refuses to give it back
- The makers of Monster Energy drinks have been sued in another California (of course) lawsuit alleges a teenager died having sex with his girlfriend after drinking two (yes, two) of the company’s drinks
Things Not to Do When On Trial
- A mistrial was declared in San Diego this week when a robbery suspect returned from a break with a plastic baggie filled human feces, smeared it on his attorney’s face and then threw more at the jury (via)
Bookish Linkage
- Why is dystopian fiction such a force among teens?
- Western literature reinforces our right to be an enigma
- Any hesitancy I had about posting a link to yet another opinion on science fiction novels for people who hate SF disappeared when I read, “It would be hard to find a better starting point than Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow.”
- In addition to the excellent post that leads this Weekend Edition, another follow up to a Weekend Edition link last Saturday, makes the secret to reading a lot of books far less complex, particularly Step 1
- Atheist author’s book calls Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great “intellectually shameful“
- Although perhaps proceeding from a dubious premise, Flavorwire suggests the first 10 works of fiction to read if you’ve never read a book before
Nonbookish Linkage
- If you want to be a broadcast intern in D.C., you better be able to run
- In my house there’s no doubt dogs are just furry kids — just ask our human kids
If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.
Roger Caras, A Celebration of Dogs
