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. 

So much to read, so little time. The Vision of 2051 by Joe Firmage.

Y’all know who the pre-raphaelites were, don’t you? Ok, I didn’t either until recently, but it’s a good read, and we’re down with them, yo!

Perhaps we were aquatic apes after we were savanah apes? So says this theory. Read through it, there seems to be a lot of sense to it, as it explains a lot other theories don’t.