Is it a sin to read for fun?

Do you hide the novel you're reading on the train into work behind a sheet of newspaper? Or lie when asked if you've read (and understood) Ulysses?
Personally, I think any reading is good reading. Particularly these days, when the notion of reading has been so very easily trumped by more instantaneous, electronic, handheld devices. Sure, there are some forms of literature which are of a higher intellectual standard than others, but who's to judge?
Read more about this train of thought here.

New author - new book.

This is a little gem. Mama Couture is a new book, by a new author. And it's a great read: it's a gentle, gritty, and unique reminder about love, life and motherhood. And shoes.

And I'm not at all biased.

Indefinite Hiatus

A good friend's website, not to be confused with Blink 182...

Spinning wheels and winding roads

This is pretty beautiful.

Mad men

It's more than the fantastic fashion and the desire to smoke constantly and pour myself a brandy.

Read about the industry (of advertising, not infidelity).

Intelligence on TV.

It gets worse the more we watch. Seriously, society is getting more and more stupid.

Ever wondered how to write the noise an elephant makes?

Well, someone has considered this and it's "baraag".