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What I did not do is easy: I barely touched a computer this weekend. And this after I had big plans for taking the Murdoch and really tearing it apart (figuratively speaking), linking themes and coming up with profound insights.
Oh, and I also did NOT buy the new Harry Potter. When we go to India in December I'll pick up the hardcover copies of both the fifth and sixth books, to match the first four that I already have. I much prefer the British editions. I think the books are great fun, and it is wonderful to see kids so engaged in reading, but I am certainly not jumping up and down in impatience to read them right away.

I did go to Powell's; bought a copy of The Nice and The Good, since I cannot write in the library copy, and I think I will want to go back to this book again. And I picked up a copy of DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little, the next book we'll tackle in the Reading Group.
We spent some time with the family on one of our hottest days so far this year, with Anamika and Angel Face splashing in and around a little inflatable pool and picking blueberries to squash. I spent a fair amount of time reading (sit down those of you who are tender-hearted) The Da Vinci Code; it has entered the social vocabulary to such an extent that at times you have difficulty keeping up with some conversations if you don't know the book.
And then the real addiction - one that I have not indulged in for many years: we hauled out and built a jigsaw puzzle! It took us all weekend, but we finished around eleven o' clock last night.
Now the question is what will we do with it? Break it up or frame it? Most likely, after taking a few pictures of it and letting it sit around in everyone's way for a month or so, we will break it up and get a new one to build. But shhh! Not everyone is quite ready to see it that way yet; let them hang on to their illusions for a wee while longer.