Finished Peckham's Marbles. Meh. I liked the feel of DeVries, but I got the impression that this was a weak effort from late in his career.

Started a new Van Gulick, Murder in Canton. I love Judge Dee.

The Cochrane book is still my car/lunch read. Quicksilver is my primary bed read.

I've got a new New Yorker that I haven't touched yet.

Yesterday: Only thing I read was Quicksilver

Today: Cochrane at lunch, DeVries in the car. A New Yorker article in the can. More Quicksilver in a few minutes when I head up to bed.

Re-reading The Baroque Cycle and read a few pages after the alarm went off this morning.

In the can: Read John McPhee's article on chalk in the latest New Yorker.

In the car: Finished a Judge Dee novel The Willow Pattern yesterday. Started Peter DeVries Peckham's Marbles. My first DeVries. Like it ok so far, despite some technical tape issue (jeez, just issue 6 tapes, don't make my fuck with the balance control!) DeVries seems to aspire to be the American Wodehouse. Good for him. Reminds me a little of Perelman too, and his tipped his hat at old Sid in this book.

Before bed: will probably go back to Quicksilver. Man I love Stephenson. About the only thing I can compare him to is Tolkein -- not in terms of style, but in terms of depth of detail and breadth of focus. I hope that he someday connects the cycle to Crypto...