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100 Notable Books of the Year from The New York Times Book Review –and I’ve read only one (Omnivore’s Dilemma, which I loved). Just goes to show how far out of the New York literary mold I am, I guess.

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Haaretz reports on gay marriage ruling in Israel:
the High Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that five gay couples wedded outside of Israel can be registered as married couples.

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Peggy’s going to Burundi, and Freedom Friends Church will receive funds for Peggy to disburse in ways that will make a difference. Checks can be sent to Freedom Friends Church, 2425 13th Street SE, Salem OR 97302, clearly marked for Peggy’s Africa compassion fund.

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USA Today reports that Blockbuster signs deal to be exclusive renter for Weinsteins. The agreement gives Blockbuster a four-year exclusive on rentals of films by the Weinsteins. (Thereby giving Blockbuster a leg up on Netflix.)
“Their concentration of stores and online footprint is too appealing not to be part of,” said Harvey Weinstein.
Like Blockbuster wouldn’t carry [...]

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A tip of the hat to Brian for turning me on to John Meaney’s trilogy “the Nulapeiron Sequence”: Paradox, Context, and Resolution. Like Brian, I thoroughly enjoyed them and would rank them as richly developed scifi novels.

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I can’t believe I bought it: Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine. It’s entertaining, and at times mildly provocative, but it never took me to any truly deep place. The fact that I started it last spring and only recently skimmed to the end when I uncovered it during cleaning tells [...]

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James Ishmael Ford’s Zen Master Who? is a quick run through the major schools of Zen represented in the United States. (There’s a lot of territory to cover, so it has to be at running speed.)
Starting with an outline of the origins of Buddhism, Ford moves on to some of the notable characters in the [...]

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The current issue of UU World has my review of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

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