sometimes when your next step is uncertain, its best to sit tight.

and imerse yourself in the laziness of summer distractions.

currently the book making the rounds at the house is the murder room.

read this review:

named after the real life sleuth who inspired sir arthur conan doyle's sherlock holmes story, the vidocq society of philadelphia has been grappling for decades with supposedly uncrackable cases. in the murder room, michael capuzzo profiles the society's three idiosyncratic founders and follows these talented researchers as they use their specialized knowledge to solve exceptionally weird and perplexing historical cases.

also on the docket is the wire, which the brother hooked me on.

another review:

hbo's the wire, tells of a motley bunch of detectives who set about to bring down a baltimore drug ring which supplies a black intercity housing project. The gritty 12 hour first year series slowly develops a broad range of characters from street punks to senators in a world where the blacks and whites of good and evil are reduced to shades of gray and everyone is connected by their humanity for better or worse.

as my summer goes, i might very well be considering a career in criminal justice.

or at least packing some serious heat when i run errands.