Going Bonkers

One of the blogs I read, Jezebel, has a post about our next book! It's based on an article at ABCnews.com. Highlights:

In 2007, she [author Mary Roach] had sex with her husband while a British doctor waved an ultrasound wand over their private parts testing their genital responses to the soundtrack of "Les Miserables." ...

The 49-year-old is no stranger to strange topics. She has written about Eskimo food, flatulence, vaginal weight-lifting, carrot addiction and amputee bowling leagues. Her two previous books also explore oddities with humor: "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" (2003) and "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife" (2005). ...

Roach has discovered the term "boner" is also a misnomer. Unlike dogs and other mammals, men don't have penile bones. The walrus sports the largest one, and Inuits use it for war clubs.

Heh. Wow, this will be one very interesting and hopefully not too uncomfortable discussion!

One other note: This is our first hardcover. If you don't feel like splurging, I noticed one copy available from the D.C. library (maybe we could pass it around!). Or, I'm happy to order it from Amazon for folks ($16.47 vs. $24.95) -- I have Amazon Prime, so shipping is free (and fast). And I can try to hook up folks who want to share the book (Jenny and I are splitting a copy, for instance). Just let me know!

We Were Blind, but Now We Can See

Hey, gals! On Sunday, Lisa, Angie, Jenny, Marta and I gathered at our place in Adams Morgan to talk about "Blindness" and eat some brunchy yumminess. (See pic.) We agreed that Jose Saramago's punctuation (or lack thereof) had a neat effect and that there was a lot of poop. We also discussed (and watched the trailer for) the upcoming movie version of the book, which comes out in September, I think. We should go see!