Monday, June 02, 2008

more shorties

Men who Stare at Goats: readable journalistic account of military absurdity

Katz on Dogs: reasonable, thoughtful guide to dog stewardship

Times Like These: chilly prose drives these unsettling stories (a considerably longer tangential rant: I have acknowledged and mourned the loss of good professional copy editing in the media in all its forms, but I still expect it in a published volume like this. Unfortunately, my expectations are frequently dashed and this book is a glaring example. Shame on the publisher. Good fiction like this deserves a careful eye. It's not as though it's a fucking blog we're talking about...)