9) Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice

This book really is the most utter tosh. I can see how it fits in the literary genealogy linking Bram Stoker and Buffy, but Stoker is less pretentious and Buffy is much funnier.

Via a kind person in a friends-locked entry where he says very flattering things about me: Before You Know It: free downloads for first steps in dozens of languages. We've been playing with this at home for the last few days (me on Russian, F on French) and enjoying it. Takes a while to download and set up but great fun.

Patrick Troughton, the day before he died. Haven't yet watched all of this, but it seems both fun and poignant.

manjushra and nickbarnes exchange mathematical poetical riddles. (Answers here.)