The Collyer brothers did not die in vain. From the New York Post:

A bizarre book-loving pack rat tried to stack one tome too many in his tiny Bronx apartment Saturday—and wound up being buried alive in the buff for two days under heaps of fallen debris.

(Thanks to geegaw.)

posted: 8:05:22 PM  

Caterina owns up to an aversion to Dostoevsky, one which I happen to share.

Now I don't feel so bad about bailing out on Graham Swift's The Light of Day. I really enjoyed Last Orders, but I just couldn't get any traction with the new novel. Maybe I should have heeded the advice of one of the dust jacket blurbists, who recommended consuming the book in a single sitting. I tend to nibble at novels instead.

posted: 8:00:36 PM