What's a Jacuzzi?

here is what i've got to tell you today. are you ready?

Redmond O'Hanlon

okay?

i'm reading his book, No Mercy, and it's straight out one of the best books i've ever read.

i cannot believe the things this guy is doing. he is one mad fool. he is also an exceptional writer. sometimes i read travel stuff (this is a travel book by the way) and think -- this isn't true. sometimes i read travel stuff and think -- this really happened!?! reading No Mercy i think -- i do not care if this happened or not because it is so overwhelmingly exciting and fantastic and terrifying and awe inspiring that i'm going to believe it regardless of the fact that my brain is hurting trying to imagine living this life. i hope it is true and i hope it is not true and cannot stop reading.

it reminds me of this time that Alison and me picked up this hitchhiker in utah and drove him all the way to lincoln, nebraska. he was this old coot who said he had made his way down from the arctic circle in alaska to see his dying mother. he hadn't been out of alaksa since he was a young man and said he lived in a one room house with six dogs and made his way hunting grizzly bears. we bought him lunch and he wanted to know what was on his fish when it came breaded. he picked all the breading off.

he would see billboards and ask, "what's a jacuzzi?"

when we finally dropped him off, we went over all the cracks in his story and then we decided we did not care one tiny bit. he was fucking fascinating and kept us entertained through nebraska. no small feat.

um. but redmond o'hanlon. he's the real deal.

he's so good i just ordered his two other books off amazon.

i also just ordered White Rabbit by Neotropic. 'cause hey, i'm hosting the mp3 blog and i should set a good example. and i like it. thanks ed!