Wow, building blocks of cardboard, that form platforms that you can stand on!  It’s like foldable balsa wood!!  Check out swissmiss on bloxes. 

You remember Hoffman’s opus, “Steal This Book”, a manifesto for all things anti-establishment, urging future readers to go ahead and break the legs I’m standing on.  There was a similar one called Steal This Computer Book released by O’Reilly, which I thought was kinda a good subtle reference to the past.  I checked it out, some interesting stuff, but maybe not worth the cashola.  I recently saw this posting on bOING bOING about the most commonly stolen books.  It referenced Flying Off The Shelves: The Pleasures and Perils of Chasing Book Theives. Tellingly, the ten most commonly stolen authors are:

• Charles Bukowski
• Jim Thompson
• Philip K. Dick
• William S. Burroughs
• Any Graphic Novel

It goes on to say that Crowley’s books have to be kept behind glass in many stores because they dissappear so fast!    I have read a few of Bukowski’s books, being the alcoholic humorist, I suppose I can kinda see it, what with his anti-everything life perspective.  Thompson, I don’t really know, Philip K. Dick is of course a classic and brilliant scifi writer, though I still don’t see the connection.  Burroughs, well what more needs to be said there!Anyway, interesting stuff.  I’m surprised more libertarian classics don’t show up in the list.