Books I've actually finished lately: 110

And the award for Best Use of the Phrase 'Uncorrected Proof' goes to...

Favourite footnotes: 2

E.g., “Jeffy-Weffy Ringle-Dingle Ding-Dong,” “Jeffy-Weffy Ram-A-Lama Ding-Dong Dummy,” “Dumbfuck,” “Jefster-Wefster Dingster-Dongster Dickface,” etc.

- John Howell Harris, THE EFFECTS OF BEING REPEATEDLY CALLED “JEFFY-WEFFY DING-DONG” ON THE HUMAN RAGE RESPONSE IN SUBJECTS NAMED JEFF

Calling Gavin Tempest!

The Mysore Anatomy Act of 1958 says that only unclaimed cadavers can be used for medical experimentation.

- Rana Dasgupta, Capital

[Who is Gavin Tempest?]

Also

Mike Shallcross ‏@Mike_MensHealth40m

@NickCohen4 @alexmassie If God was a writer, the world would have been made in 35 days, and the Garden of Eden would be way too flowery

Monkeys vs Hamlet

There is only a one in fifteen billion chance that a monkey would even write the word 'banana' randomly.

- Scarlett Thomas, Monkeys with Typewriters: How to write fiction...