Thant Myint-U and Meetup?

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Back to reading The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma by Thant Myint-U. The nice thing about this book is that the author doesn't assume you know anything -- I'm about halfway through, and the "personal" part still hasn't started because the author is too busy filling in background. And he's great at it, strikes a very good balance between the big picture and interesting details. On the other hand, because the history of this region is so murky, I suspect that some of the his "facts" are actually pretty controversial theories. But I don't know enough to say for sure.

In other news, gonna be in Montreal this weekend ^___^. I'll be in Seattle/Vancouver three weeks from now -- from the 18th to the 24th. Anyone from around there interested in meeting up?