Twilight books

I recently read Twilight, and while I thought it was OK, I couldn't understand all the fanaticism. A quick read, yet another version of modern vampirism (a genre that is, IMHO, a little out of control). I felt like I could take it or leave it. But I (who knows why -- maybe OCD?) picked up the second book, "New Moon," and I'm reading it now. Somewhere after about 150 pages, I found that I simply could not put it down. Something had changed in the quality of the book -- maybe the pacing had improved, or maybe the focus on a different set of characters (James etc.), maybe the sense of mystery? It makes the first book seem like 400 pages of setup, so that the second book can be more angsty, more rich, more something. I dunno.

It's still not the kind of tale about which I'd become fanatical, but maybe I'm starting to see why others might.

creative anti-Bush demonstration

According to this WTOP news article, a group of demonstrators outside the White House were throwing shoes at a person wearing a Bush mask. They also had lots of shoes lined up with the names of Iraqis who died as a result of the war.

Joustmas?!?

I'm not sure what this game's about (don't want to open it at work), but I suspect it's similar to the old Joust coin-op, but with reindeer!

Give it a try!

(and let me know if it's any good -- I wanna play!)