I had dinner last night with Dorothea and David. I really enjoyed myself (Dorothea gave me a good review, which was nice). I have been continually surprised by how much I'm interested in that gets posted to Caveat Lector.

Something Dorothea didn't mention is that we also talked linguistics, which I am fascinated by. Understand: I am a hack and a poseur compared to D and D, but I enjoy it.

Hmm. What books should we discuss next time? I finished 'Cryptonomicon' recently and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm currently slugging through 'The Elegant Universe', which I really like but, again, is a little over my head. Literature-wise I've given up on 'The Brothers Karamazov' again. I can hold my own in British Literature. Maybe D and D will have some ideas.