friday night feeding 09.25.09

by jill

My poor, neglected Google reader dutifully collects tons and tons of articles and blog posts for me to read, and my new favorite Friday night activity is catching up on some reading that doesn’t have to do with consideration, but-for causation, or Rule 9. Okay, I’m old and I have no social life. Good grief.

Anyway, since I feel like I’ve been totally neglecting this blog lately, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share some of the best items from my feed reader (hence the name “friday night feeding”… get it?) with you in case you’re bored. Like me. Not that I’m complaining. Sometimes boredom is beautiful.

Dan Brown, of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons fame, has a new book called The Lost Symbol. I was entertained by The Da Vinci Code much more than Angels & Demons, and I’m sure at some point I’ll get around to reading The Lost Symbol. I’m not a huge fan, though. Here’s a less-than-flattering review of the new book by The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik.
Along the same lines, here are Dan Brown’s 20 Worst Sentences. Some of them really are pretty bad.
I want to make this recipe for Spicy, Citrusy Black Beans. Yum.
I think this guy’s lawsuit for “1,784 billion, trillion dollars” is completely reasonable.
Are you planning a party and providing alcohol? Wondering how to figure out how much to buy? Lifehacker, perhaps the most useful website EVAH, has a simple formula.