judging from my personal experience, if there's two types of women i like, it's 1) amazing women and 2) women from west michigan. this book by crystal bowman's new book, "Amazing Women of West Michigan" (available now!) seems to kill two birds with one stone...so to speak (and i take full responsibility for the play on words involving swingin' british vernacular just there. and i feel no shame. or cold, but that's a different story altogether). it appears as if every woman in this book has a different ethinicity, vocation, and background, and an even more interesting bit of information is that we here at River Bank are having an event with the author and a plethora of the women on October 10th. so do yourself and your fellow man...erm...woman a favor and stop on by. or buy the book. or buy me a pony. i condone all of the aforementioned actions.

also, can i tell you how excited i am about the new chuck klosterman book? numerically, i'm about a 713. i'm about as excited as the lard fairy in a mayo factory. i don't even know what that means, but it must be really, really excited.