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I used to read magazines — I find it difficult to commit to things and magazines let me off easy, but I’ve been feeling unfulfilled by magazines lately (those who know me might also point out that I was somehow able to commit to marriage, and I’m still married over four years now). So I’ve been reading books left and right. Now, after the holidays, I’ve got a pile more.

Below is quick list of the reading material that will occupy me for the next few weeks. Many thanks are due to my family who were so generous this holiday season.

American Road,

Brothel,

Lies Across America,

The Lincoln Highway,

Science of Coercion, and

Thread Across the Ocean.

Water is the primary ingredient in every liquid soap, body wash, shampoo, and conditioner product in my bathroom. Some even boast “purified water.”

On the Media’s recent show on November 29th and a piece in All Things Considered explored the relationship between technology and pornography. This is familiar territory for some—Wired magazine reports on it regularly…

Click the links above and listen for yourself.

Liane Hansen of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday interviewed Dr. Mitch Earleywine about his recent book, Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence this weekend. Earleywine has the credentials to look at this seriously and be taken seriously. But he probably won’t be.

There’s no shortage of books on this subject, and the Drug War marches on. But as long as we’re slinging books, let me throw Michael Pollan’s Botany of Desire at you. Pollan knows plants, and in his book he explains how four of them — the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato — evolved to become as important and involved with our lives as they are.

Marektplace comentator James Galbraith explains in Tuesday’s show how this will be a longer and deeper recession than previously thought and many economic indicators may have been manipulated to hide the recession’s true nature prior to November 5. Galbraith reminds us that things were rather similar 20 years ago, when unemployment rose over 10% and Democrats took control of congress from a far-right conservative president. History did not repeat itself, yet.

Take a moment to listen to the RealPlayer stream here.

After months of lost time, RedstoneBrewery.com is finally online. There’s not much there, but you wait baby. You just wait and see.

Or. Um. Well, we’ll see what happens there next.