I know, I know, I know I should have reported in before now. But sometimes real life just gets in the way. I attempted 5 books in November. I say attempted because I slapped a big DNF (did not finish) on Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. I just can't seem to get into this guy. It's the second or third of his I've given up on, Not so the other four, starting with a biography of Stephen Stills called Change Partners. This followed by a hilarious biography of the guy responsible for National Lampoon called A Stupid and Futile Gesture - How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever. I ended the month reading yet another biography, this one of the man behind Rolling Stone magazine,. It was called Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine. A fascinating read. So last month I hit the magic number 50 I'd imagined for myself back in January. If I roll this month into my yearly total I'm at 54 books. And I still hav...
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Of course, I still need a translator for the Canadian ones ;).
I remember hearing of the Canadian polymer cash last year. And just when the world thought our money didn't look funny enough (or ligitimate for that matter), we have to go and make it feel and well, that it can actually 'bounce'? Heh, heh.
Canadian self-flaggelation.: I'm so proud (?!?!?) Okay - I'm, sorry for that one.
;-)
And I guess very soon Canadians won't have money to burn. Although I'm not too sure about using silly putty as a national currency.
And don't worry, the Canadians still look perfect! We have short memories. heh heh
Gosh my back's in an awful mess after all that self-flagellation business.