All right, enough with these long, analyzing posts. Let's get funk-ay!

I gave Jana at work Guy Gavriel Kay's The Fionavar Tapestry, the series that made me love books. So far she's not saying much, but I have faith in her that she's going to love it. (She saw Mr. Kay's acknowledgements and realized she's neighbours with one of the editors of the book, so she'd better at least try to like it!)

Speaking of Fionavar, the first book of the series, The Summer Tree made the Indigo's list of iRewards Reader's Favourite Books of All Time. It came in at #76 (my lucky number!), while Diana Gabaldon's Outlander came in ninth. I had no idea either of the books were that popular!

On to music: I'm still loving the Decemberists, and have found an appreciation for Alan's beloved Okkervil River. I'm crazy about the Devics, who I must have heard on Morning Becomes Eclectic. I'm also really digging B.C. Camplight, who has a delightful beaver on his album cover and a fab song called Blood and Peanut Butter.

I listened to a couple tracks from Caroline's new album, Murmurs, and Fink's latest, Biscuits for Breakfast, and I can't wait to pick them up. Last but not least I grabbed Serena-Maneesh's self-titled, and Sh lent me Reindeer Section's Son of Evil Reindeer—which Alan tells me is good—and Goldspot's Tally of the Yes Men—which I listened to and think is good.

Whew! It's great to have new music to listen to!