The lyrics quoted above (from the beloved Rheostatics song “Jesus Was Once A Teenager Too”) have new relevance to me, now that I’ve finished reading Lamb by Christopher Moore. I bought it ages ago then left it on a shelf; after much prodding by my friend Jenn, I gave it a go. It took me a while to get through (all books do; I get sidetracked too easily by my news/information junkie-dom…I feel the need to read the entire Globe and Mail, several websites, dozens of news feeds, a handful of email newsletters and at least part of one magazine every day) but it picked up nicely about 1/3 of the way through. It’s funny and, depending on your religious fervour, slightly blasphemous…both big pluses for me. On the downside, I won’t be able to watch The Passion Of The Christ now, because I’ll be expecting to hear Jesus say, “Look, a seagull!” in Aramaic…

Next up: A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius. Someone gave this to me a long time ago, but it became the book du jour, so I didn’t want to suffer the Lord Of The Rings (see also: Oprah-book-club) syndrome of being the umpteenth person on any given subway car reading the same book.