George C. Dalmas III, 44, a “mid-level administrative employee” of the CIA has been charged with 17 burglaries after police found “a stunning trove of cash, jewelry, antiques, license plates — and bags filled with more than 1,000 women’s undergarments“* in his home, according to an article in The Washington Post on Wednesday.

* Emphasis Mine

Hello my little forest friends. These are the books currently on my “to buy” list. Some of them are brand new; others have been on the list for a year or more. I’m interested in thumbnail reviews and suggestions for alternate titles from you geniuses.

“Within the Walls of Tyre” (Short Story), by Mike Bishop
Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell, by Pat Murphy
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon and Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, by Daniel C. Dennett
Engines of the Night, by Barry Malzberg
Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction, by Eric Foner
Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
Legion Of The Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion, by Jaime Salazar
Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
Stone Garden, by Molly Moynahan
The Bounty, by Caroline Alexander
Travels Along the Edge, by David Noland
Truths of History, by Mildred Lewis Rutherford
Working, by Studs Terkel
Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit, by Laura Penny

The Stonehead News theme song, Easter Island Head, by Throat Culture, is now available in MP3 format on my User Profile Page (beneath the “Home Office” picture).

Thanks again to for the, ahem, heads up.