Oh lovely day!

Trevor's got a review of Nick Harkaway's Gone Away World up at the blog for Bay Area publisher Omnidawn. This will hopefully be the first of many. Check it, yo.

And speaking of books: someone loves me in London, and sent me a prezzie:


















Fantastic! Need I remind you?



Plus, it was 77 degrees today. Bloomin' gorgeous! Forget the down jacket -- I'm cycling to work in a t-shirt tomorrow.

Boozy birthday BBQ's bouncy house aftermath:

Fully vested in an orgy of British teevee at the moment. Why is it that the Brits have the best telly, especially comedy? I can give it up for Project Runway and Make Me A Supermodel, but most American stuff is so crap.

Here's something that may possibly be the best thing I've ever seen in my life (most definitely at least since the last best thing, and this one may reign for a while).

I'm not kidding, muthalicker.