As part of my effort to post to this blog more frequently, I figured it might be a good idea to post some shorter pieces too, as most normal bloggers seem to.

So I have two recommendations for online reading and one book to plug.

First, I've long been a fan of Piled High and Deeper (or PHD) comics, the grad student comic strip. While I'm not a grad student (yet), I really empathize with the fictional students in the strip. It's also funny, if you're an academic geek like me.

Next, I would like to recommend The Art of the Title Sequence blog. It's a blog about movie title sequences, shockingly enough. While some title sequences — and movies for that matter — are banal and uninteresting, there are some movies with title sequences that merit extra attention.

Finally, I just finished reading P.D. James's latest novel The Private Patient. Literary merit aside, I enjoy reading mystery novels. P.D. James weaves the police procedural novel together with a more cerebral, psychoanalytical point of view that adds a great deal of depth. I also enjoy her subtle sense of humor.