These are the books currently on my desk. One self-help book, one brand new pop-science book on neurology (check out the author’s Ted Talk on the concept of the brain’s connectome [the interlocking network of neurons formed by the connections that our brain creates as we go through life]. Great, jaw-dropping stuff.), and two novels (one Canadian and one Australian [which is better known for its movie adaptation by Nicolas Roeg]). I’m in the middle or beginning of all of them, so I can’t tell you how they are.  

Also, the cover of the album I’ve been listening to while making this post. It’s I Hold a Wish For You by Aspidstrafly, a small group (duo?) from Singapore that I found on mog.com recently. Their name comes from a George Orwell novel I had never heard of before called Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Ethereal, spacey stuff. I listened to the stream so much on mog that I bought the dang thing.  (Links: mog, iTunes, youtube)