April 09, 2004
But I Digress
William Grimes, the food critic for the New York Times reviewed Robert Sullivan's new book "Rats; Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants" for the book section last Sunday. If we want to read it, we will have to pay for it. But we don't usually read the clickies that thoroughly anyway, do we?
Sullivan sat out in a local alley, somewhere in Manhattan, for many moons and observed rats. He wrote about his observations of rat life, which was fine with Grimes. He also included some interesting rat facts, like 25% of all electrical cable breaks are due to rats chewing, which Grimes also welcomed. Grimes' big complaint about this book is that Sullivan's content is primarily digression, --philosophical riffs and free associations that he had while at his post in the alley, rat watching. A man after my own heart.
I thought to myself, he should have written a blog.
Photo note: I consider this a thaw picture. It has a monolithic quality, with a smidgeon of delight provided by the perky snow cap on the vent. A fruity oaken flavor. A complete digression, or can you see the rat shape?
Posted by Dakota at April 9, 2004 04:03 PM