Well, the trade winds are already blowin. Word on the street is that Teahen might get dealt to Cleveland for F. Gutierrez (sp). Apprently Gut is an outstanding CF with upside. Apparently the Injuns need a new 3B. We hate to see Teahen go, but we all know it's got to happen. This, however, is only a preview of the crazy winter that awaits. This trade alone would be almost beside the point. The Royals need offense and they need power production. Moore has seemed determined to get Dejesus out of CF for whatever reasons. We're guessing David's name comes up in trade talks soon, along with Butler and maybe Buck. Also, Moore reportedly tried to trade for Marlins 1B Jacobs last week. It should get really interesting once the World Series is over.
So here are our favorite non-fiction books (or at least the ones that come immediately to mind): The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe), Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 (Hunter Thompson), Into the Wild (John Krakauer), Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain), Killing Yourself to Live (Chuck Klosterman), Undaunted Courage (Stephen Ambrose), The Catcher Was a Spy (Nicholas Dawidoff), Can't Anybody Here Play This Game (Jimmy Breslin), Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (James Gleick), Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Saved the World (Mark Kurlansky), Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer), Moneyball (Michael Lewis), Wonderland Avenue (Danny Sugarman), The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein), A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway).
Thoughts? Also, don't forget to tell us what your favorite novels are (see below).
P.S. Somebody needs to write an aggressive book about volcanoes, specifically about the sleeping giants, from Shasta to Baker, in the Cascade Range. We love volcanoes.
P.P.S. Junior and I went to see W. this weekend. We liked it. Dubya comes off as being a sympathetic, bumbling character who is in way over his head -- but he also is very good about some things: he understands the power of religion, he's not a wimp, and he's genuinely likeable in a loyal friend sort of way. Cheney and Rummy come off as evil. The Condoleeza character is unwatchable, and she almost ruins the whole film.
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I just read Killing Yourself to Live, I love Klosterman's stuff.
1.Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
2.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
3.The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
4.1984 – George Orwell
5.A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
6.Their Eyes Are Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
7.Carrie – Stephen King
8.The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty
9.Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – Tom Stoppard
Non Fiction
1.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas – Frederick Douglas
2.The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
3.The Devil in the White City – Erik Larson
4.The Unabomber Manifesto – The Unabomber
5.The Origin of Species – Charles Darwin
6.The Soul of Baseball – Joe Posnanski
7.Take the Cannoli – Sarah Vowell
8.Me Talk Pretty One Day – Dave Sedaris
9.In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
10.Side Effects – Woody Allen
You should read Kurlansky's "A Basque History of the World." The Basques have made unique contributions to world history and culture (like salt cod) but they never got their due until Kurlansky came along.
And Klosterman has written his first novel, "Downtown Owl," which I tried to read in a Border's one day. I wasn't inspired to buy it. I think he'd better stick to non-fiction.
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