Don't know much about a science book

Hey look! I'm back to pretending I have a weekly update schedule

I pollworked again yesterday. I actually wasn't planning to, but they were really in need of people this time around, no doubt because there are three elections this year, and this was the one that nobody cares about. One thing I forgot from last time is how nice it is. People are unusually pleasant, and we're happy to see the voters turn out, and they're happy to see us working there, and the whole experience creates an (increasingly uncommon, nowadays) feeling of party-transcending civic involvement. For the most part.
Oh and hey, it turns out that state employees get the time off for free. Also I got a lot of reading done (mainly a book about the MJT. It's pretty good.)

Speaking of books, another nice thing that happened was when I was picking up my glasses (it turns out that the frames were not as durable as advertised, but they were under warranty), I discovered a little Goodwill Bookstore practically next door. Given its size and provenance, I was definitely impressed with the selection; I went in expecting to find just a handful of thrift store books, and while they were definitely well-represented--

(An aside: who the heck is Janet Evanovich anyways, and why are the covers of her books printed in such retina-punishing colors? Indeed, judging from one of the shelves, I think that "books whose title and author are printed using that one huge block-letter font and neon colors that should never be used in combination with one another" must be a genre in itself.)

--there were also plenty of fun things there too. I ended up getting Titus Groan and the first two Lemony Snicket books, and narrowly passed up Quicksilver and The Great Gatsby.
Also it's too bad I already own all the Harry Potter books, because dang.

Oh! and I almost forgot, I got a dining room set this weekend. More about that later, but for now I strongly suspect that it is the best thing anyone has ever dined at.