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Friday, April 9, 2010

Books Reading Tonight: Ahoy, Japan's Black Market!

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:22 AM

We have a discussion about Communication Power today, along with a reading of a short story titled "Beauty and Virtue," and several other events.

Sig Hansen reads at Trinity Lutheran Church today. North by Northwestern is a book by Hansen, who is a sea captain who is now a television star. He is on some television program called Deadliest Catch, which sounds like a nautical-themed dating game show. Exciting!

But the most interesting lecture of the day is this afternoon in the University District. Seiji Lippi will give a lecture about the history of post-atomic-bomb Japan as told by the black market. Histories of crime are often more indicative of what's going on in a society than the polite above-board histories. This sounds fascinating.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here. And if you're planning on staying in and you're looking for personalized book recommendations, feel free to tell me the books you like and ask me what to read next over at Questionland.

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I'm also way too hip to have any idea what Deadliest Catch is. I don't even own a TV!

We should hang out. Did I mention I don't own a TV?

Posted by elenchos on April 9, 2010 at 11:54 AM

deadliest catch owns and sig is alright (bit of a jerk) but can the guy write or afford a good ghost writer?

Posted by Swearengen on April 9, 2010 at 12:01 PM

I used to eat lunch with Sig every day in 8th grade but I didn't know that he was a big TV star until a few months ago. Yay Sig! I remember him as being quite a tease but not mean.

Posted by Chefgirl on April 9, 2010 at 12:42 PM

I WANT THE CRAB COUNT AND I WANT IT NOW

*slams boat megaphone handset down*

Posted by Swearengen on April 9, 2010 at 1:54 PM

I don't have a TV either, but I download every episode of Deadliest Catch as soon as they're available.

There's a joke in here somewhere about people catching crabs...

Posted by TVDinner

on April 9, 2010 at 2:08 PM