Another week older, another week closer to death. You won't find me raging against the dying of the light, boyo!

But while we are waiting we can at least get some good reading in. Chris recommends Blogging in the Early Republic, why bloggers belong to the history of reading (via that blog of blogs, the grandaddy blog of them all Arts and Letters Daily).

The Booker gets ever closer and the judges have set up a contest between Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro for this year's longlist.

It's war baby. No more pussy footing around with the medievalists who want to teach kids superstition.

Now this is plain weird, and, if you haven't already, you can make up your own minds whether to laugh with Insolent Prick or at him. Finally, IT goes retro with a fax scam.

Be careful out there and remember, next week, find the time ...