Sponge Cake, Pez, and Books

Happy National Sponge Cake Day
Have you thought much about the origin of the sponge cake? If not, you need to check out this sponge cake history site.

Links I Surfed Today
I could care less about Tom Cruise. And I haven’t read up on the Survivor story. Instead I happened upon these unusual sites:

Evangelism in Major League Baseball

Pez Dispenser for Dogs

Book Report
I started Peace Like a River yesterday at the recommendation of a friend. I have to say that so far it is the most refreshing work I’ve read in awhile. Leif Enger manages to treat Christianity without being either contemptuous or trite—a happy surprise for books with a religious theme.

The other book I have started is E. L. Doctorow’s The March, as promised. I’d heard a lot of exciting reports, but honestly I am not impressed at this point. I have read a lot of Civil War fiction, and I’m afraid to say that the initial 75 pages of The March is the standard formula. Nothing new here yet, but there’s still room to hope.