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As I mentioned on the sister site, yesterday was a flat mess here in NYC. There was a storm - some rain, a little lightening - and what happened? The entire city shut down. Every single subway line flooded. The busses had lines around the block. Literally. (Taxis? PLEASE.) While I realize our subway system is 75 years old and that I should cut the MTA some slack, I can't help feeling a touch anxious. If we can't handle rain, we sure's as hell can't handle them pesky terrorists.

Which leads me to my latest Thing Alisha Loves:

The Men Who Stare At Goats by John Ronson

"In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known accepted military practice — and indeed, the laws of physics — they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them. Entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries, they were the First Earth Battalion. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back and fighting the War on Terror."

This book is absurd, frightening - and one of the funniest things I've read in my life. It reads quick and extremely witty (the tone is very David Sedaris, which makes the fact that it's non-fiction seem doubly shocking) and I couldn't put it down. A perfect subway read. (Assuming it's, you know, running.)