Important Madeleine L'Engle news

Your weekend, should you choose to accept it, is watching the 2002 Disney Channel original movie of "A Ring of Endless Light" starring Mischa Barton as Vicky Austin (no. no no no no no) and that dude from "Supernatural" as Zachery, a character I probably still have a crush on. Apparently in this version, there is no Leo (?!) and according to Wikipedia, Zachery is shown "involved in positive activities." Well, there goes that crush, am I right, people who cop to having crushes on fictional characters?

Nine installments on YouTube, starting here.

What They're Reading in the Missed Connections

• Lizzie Collingham, CURRY: A TALE OF COOKS AND CONQUERERS (Metro-North to Poughkeepsie)
• David Mitchell, BLACK SWAN GREEN (N train to 36th St.)
• Kurt Vonnegut, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (Queens bound G) -- "Pretty sure I saw you walking in SoHo on Monday as well. This is silly, you are the most beautiful man."
• Madeleine L'Engle, A WRINKLE IN TIME (on the L) ed. note 100 bonus points to this
• Jerilou Hammett, Kingsley Hammett and Martha Cooper, THE SUBURBANIZATION OF NEW YORK (1 train, Harlem/Morningside)
• Tina Fey, BOSSYPANTS (Brooklyn-bound F train and 5 train, Midtown East)

Book-related post of the week: So Roger Ebert wrote a cookbook, eh? - m4w - 22 (Midtown)