What If Page Numbers In Books Counted Down Instead Of Up

Recent haul - Larkin and Didion's books on suggestion from Carry Brownstein - and Gaiman's "Norse Mythology" on my own want list for a while. It's going to be a great weekend.

Sunita Williams (b. 1965) is an astronaut who holds the record for most spacewalk time (50 hours, 40 minutes), as well as most spacewalks (seven) by a woman. She served as a member, and later flight engineer, on four expeditions on the International Space Station.

She served in the US Navy as a Naval Test Pilot, with more than 3000 flight hours on 30 different aircraft types. Onboard the ISS in 2007, she was the first person to complete a marathon in space, running along to the Boston Marathon, which she finished in 4 hours and 24 minutes.

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Nighttime brain snacks

Sitting in the cafe where I spent my young adult life. Over there is the spot where I would sit for hours. The leather-padded, wooden chairs, always. The least wobbly ones. That's the couch where I sat with friends - so close that I thought I'd have them forever - that I haven't seen in years. That's the spot on the couch where I last saw one of my closest friends that died that night in a car accident. I don't know the people that work behind the counter anymore - but they recognize me as an older regular and acknowledge my  presence accordingly. The music is  foreign to me - unless they are playing the punk and new wave “oldies.” The new, young regulars laugh in spots that I once laughed in. I wore-in that chair long before they enjoyed its ragged comfort. I sit here now alone. Reading a book. Drinking the same coffee drink I always have. Typing into an electronic log. Hoping my ex never walks in the door. Hiding in the corner so my "friends'' have a hard time spotting me as they pass through to grab their coffees. 

Look at all these penguins I don’t own. 

This was a good response to the “80 books every man should read” that Esquire put out last year… Literary Hub was a new find by me on facebook and I’ve really enjoyed the articles I’ve read from them so far!!