Autobahn
Best. Pile-up. Ever. Crash & the Boys-link.

The Queue
There was much to like & just as much to dislike about Bloodsucking Fiends, in such equal proportions that I am undecided if I shall read either of the sequels, You Suck & Bite Me. Laughs aplenty, but I do so loathe moral relativism.

Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies was a gift from Ki-El, swag from his career as a journalist covering the nexus between the comic book & the motion picture industries, a token of his regret for having so long in his possession two of the my D.V.D. boxsets of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; I assured him no such apology was necessary, but he insisted & I am grateful for the gift.

Recently
John le Carré, Call for the Dead
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars
Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story

Currently
John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Golden, & Troy Nixey, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies (W.C. reading)

Presently
David Ignatius, Body of Lies
Len Deighton, City of Gold
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The Rebel Black Dot Christmas Song of the Day
The Klezmonauts, "Santa Gey Gezunderheit" from Oy to the World: A Klezmer Christmas (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"I used to think that it was tough
To get the spring line out,
But here's a guy who really knows
What hard work's all about.
Billions of deliveries
With no option to be late,
That's a lot of schlepping,
Santa gey gezunderheit!
Oh, all year long you're shvitzing,
Making countless wooden toys,
Paint 'em! Wrap 'em! Load 'em up!
For all the girls and boys,
And Mrs. Claus is hocking (sp?)
That you stay up far too late,
And those elves make such a racket,
Santa gey gezunderheit!
…
Santa gey gezunderheit! Santa gey gezunderheit!
Gotta work the territory, God forbid you should be late!"