“Stocking up on a few classics, eh?” asked the young cashier at Borders. “Yup,” said I. I have bought: The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemmingway, Voltaire’s Candide, Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Dick’s Valis, Card’s Ender’s Game, Satrapi’s Persepolis, Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, and three volumes of Ellis’s Transmetropolitan from an authentically New York-feeling comic books store. In addition, I picked up a new DS Lite and a cheap second-hand copy of Guitar Hero DS, and the pièce de résistance, a PNY Geforce 9800 GTX XLR8 OC Performance Edition for $330 (albeit $100 more than Newegg, but yet still a better deal than any UK stores, including eBuyer). I disapprove of shopping sprees as much as anyone, but when you’re getting a bargain on every purchase it’s difficult to hold back.