Check this out.

And when I say "this", I mean this.

My initial reaction was disbelief. That was redirected slightly when I read the part about readily available memorabilia of Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, and Lee Harvey Oswald.

I'm not sure how I feel about our government auctioning Ted Kaczynski's personal items regardless where the money may be going. There would have to be a bit of darkness in the guy (or gal) who wins that auction. To be clear, I'm relatively unbiased on this subject mater. In fact, I enjoy watching scandalous documentaries and television specials chronicling the life and misbehavings of serial killers. Call me crazy. Call me my father's daughter. I enjoy it. But even I would feel a chill in my spine knowing the hooded sweatshirt of a murderer hung in my closet as I slept. Is anyone else on my page? 

One thing I did learn from this article and my curious research that followed is that the Unibomber's brother is the man who tipped off the police. I don't recall having heard that. I can't even imagine the difficulty. He wrote an essay a few years ago about his relationship with his brother. It was published in a book called Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry. I plan to find it online and read it. 

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In very recent news: I have failed to be sucked into Great Expectations. Ashamed as I am, I have put it down and started a different book. But... BUT! I'm certain I will not store this one away until it's finished. Zak is also reading it and he has done all but sew his lips together to keep from exploding all his favorite passages onto me. His excitement has sparked a little flame in me. So what's the book, you ask? A little scifi gem who looks a little like this:  

The story of a human baby born of human parents on a spaceship on Mars who is raised by aliens but is later retrieved by a team of human astronauts and brought back to Earth. (Sorry to each one of my english teachers for that slew of prepositions.) I expect, based on the bits Zak has already shared with me, he will be a beautiful, innocent mind experiencing the corruption of humanity for the first time... likely taking a refreshingly raw and optimistic outlook. I can't wait to get further into it.

And this is my cute boyfriend.