I know a lot of people hated this book—but I never really figured out if I had an opinion either way. But I do remember not being able to put it down—and probably because it was the first book in which I immediately recognized the world it was depicting as the world that my generation was about to inherit. Now it’s a movie with the vampire guy from Twilight. I always imagined Eric Packer as more of a Ryan Gosling…
You know I always enjoy music with historical perspective. In my drive out to Eastern Washington this evening, I am looking forward to finally having some time to listen to the new Punch Brothers album. I just read somewhere though, that as much people think of bluegrass as old-timey music—but apparently it (in the form that we know it) is younger than jazz.
Origami “pangolin” by Eric Joisel
The balintong is also native to the Philippines. A couple months ago, $2000 worth of balintong meat was seized in Palawan.