I leave tomorrow night for holiday time, in spite of the fact that I've yet to purchase a single gift. It'll be ok. One of the things I'm gonna do on vacation is read some books. Can you think of any I should hit up? I'm down for great literature as well as anything I should know about for where my life is taking me over the next year. I'm certainly going to plow through Emergence and Code -- though I think I largely get it in terms of what they have to say -- but are there any others I should me acquainting myself with? Anything older (or newer) that I don't know about? Any blogs I should pay attention too, archives I might want to paruse?

It's a long way to the top if you want to Rock and Roll. I'm also down for music to turn on to. Leave me a comment here with your suggestions.