Space tourism

Drinking whisky in space.

Sympathy for the devil

Gore Vidal's morning-after revisionism.

End-of-the-week news

Phenomenally tired; must buckle down and do one more hour of reading before bed. What I don't have but would like: parabolic sherry!

Village X

Very busy trying to get some leverage on upcoming work stuff. Aphra Behn's The Rover is a strangely easy play to teach; we will see next week whether the same can be said of the sequel. Manon Lescaut also teaches very well, but I think Pamela this coming Monday should be enjoyable too...

Miscellaneous links: Ice Age skull mugs; Tony Paterson on what has become of Elisabeth Fritzl.

Drunk-dialing Agatha Christie

A delightful piece by Elif Batuman at the Guardian about the Kindle's influence on her drinking and reading habits (via Megan McArdle, forwarded to me by Brent).

Bevvies

Squirrel or stoat?