I Read

So in addition to starting up blogging again, I'm also reading.  And by "reading," I'm referring to articles, not books--I have to wean myself back into it.  That weaning process made me start with a political read, as I'm already going through campaign withdrawals.  I spent many, many minutes reading Newsweek's laborious behind-the-scenes seven-part series on the 2008 campaign.  If that description sounds interesting, you'll like it.  If it doesn't, don't bother.

The next article should be read by each of you.  Since I'm undercultured, I've never really read David Foster Wallace.  At some point I'll get to his fiction, but I highly recommend reading his account of a luxury cruise excursion that he penned for Harper's.  It at first solidified my determination to never go on such a cruise but then made me second-guess because it could all be worth it just for the sheer experience of the thing but then I reconsidered because actually living it would most likely pale in comparison to Wallace's utterly brilliant take.  So, yeah, it's worth a read.