Choke

I thought this was a pretentious and not universally insightful book. I did however find the comments about the Ren Faire workers entertaining.

Juno

This little indie movie had everyone up in arms when it came out. I got it a while ago, but postponed watching it because neither of my roomies was interested. In the end, I really enjoyed it. I think my favorite scene, unlike everyone else's, was the one where the boyfriend is explaining to Juno that she's full of shit when she says she slept with him because she was bored. Also, the step-mom character was the most likeable mom character I've seen in a long time. I hope this movie cost like $1,000 to make and made a million...

Pope Valley 2005 Merlot

This strikes me as a very inexpensive, simple, capable merlot.