Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Back story to “The Wizard of Oz” from the point of view of the Wicked Witch of the West. Michelle chuckled here way through this one and several friends recommend it, so I reckon I’ll enjoy it also.
Dubliners
Short stories by James Joyce. Features “The Dead” so it’s got to be good.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
If you ever wanted to learn the history of every people who have ever lived anywhere on earth, but only had 500 pages worth of time to devote to the topic, Jared Diamond’s excellent book is the one you want. Diamond manages to blast through so much human history with such speed and force that you must force yourself to slow down and read carefully or by the end of the book you’ll feel like you’re was shooting through a Selway River rapid of historical knowledge.
Some folks think this work is too long and too dense and that the material would have been better presented as a series of magazine articles, but I say they reading the work the wrong way. Don’t look at this book as a long popular work, read it as an abbreviated history of the world.
Missing samoyeds in north Seattle
Pete and Morrigan, two samoyed dogs are missing in north Seattle. If you see a stray samoyed, please contact me at .
Cyndy Knighton let her dogs out before bedtime about 1:30am Sunday, Jan 1 and about 5 minutes later realized they were gone. She has a secure gate, so the only explanation is that someone intentionally opened it. Conor came back, but Pete and Morrigan are still missing.
Here is a photo of the dogs:
Spread the word
If you have a web log or mailing list, please feel free to post share this information there. Hopefully the dogs are with someone or are lost in the neighborhood and someone we know will see them as people return to work.
[update Monday 2006-01-02]
Both dogs have been found. Big thanks to those who helped with the search.
