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Guess what my bookclub picked last night?

Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich! I can’t wait to read about a grueling white-collar job search.

It was a tough vote but Ehrenreich won out. I don’t know if my previous blog posting had anything to do with the book making the selection list — maybe it was just karma.

Last night we talked about quite a few topics including
(paraphrasing J.) :

  • the implications of a marital relationship with a transgendered spouse;
  • racism in America and Canada;
  • why we love/hate the work of Michel Houllebecq; and
  • the launch of my new salon;

I don’t think I meant a hair salon but rather a conversational gathering. I don’t actually rememember talking about my new salon at all but there is wine consumed at these events. Not too much but I have a weak constitution.

bookmark_borderstranger than fiction

I’m pretty much a non-fiction reader. And lately I enjoy reading about prisons and the world of work. No idea why — I just find that kinda stuff interesting. You know, I belong to a bookclub and I think everyone in my group must dread the times I select the books we vote on.

Right now I want to read:

And I just read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything — super fantastic!

On my nightstand is The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can’t Be Jammed — I can’t wait!

But I have to get through the Dwell that came in the mail today first.

dwell magazine