I foresee great destruction...

How about this for unfortunate: a flat fire caused by a crystal ball. If only she'd had an interest in old school weather observations, she wouldn't have been caught quite so unawares...

Reading target reached

I notice that, a mere 32 weeks into 2009, my book count already equals my total for 2008. Thank God for political philosophy, the dislike of which seems to have driven my consumption of fiction to new heights...