Here is a quiz thing that's been going around. The point is to measure how well-read you are in The Classics. (Not the Classics I majored in, Latin and Greek -- "classics" as in Moby Dick.)

Apparently the list is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded but you never actually crack the cover. I have to say, though, that some of these are not "The Classics" as I would define them.

The directions:
"Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish. (I did both where I read the book in school, but I had already read it on my own beforehand.) Put an asterisk (*) next to the ones you'd read again or recommend to someone, even if you originally read them for school."


There are a lot of books that aren't on this list but should be, IMO. Ah well. Mine not to quibble with the silly internet quiz thing.

This morning's xkcd comic generated many, many links in the comments to various bits of bacon-y goodness. Here are two that look simply astounding:

• Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes (yes! Chocolate, and bacon, and there's coffee in it, too!!! Triple yes!)
• Bacon Apple Pie. After giving the recipe, the blogger writes:
  

  "So how was it?

  I wouldn’t be posting this if it wasn’t absolutely incredible. It wasn’t greasy like I thought it would be. The flavor was a perfect balance of sweet and salty. I served it up with slices of smoked cheddar cheese for a room full of amused but open-minded skeptics, and the entire pie was gone in 10 minutes."

I also belong to the LJ community bacon_lovers, so I get the inside scoop on all things bacon-related.

Mmmm, bacon.