I was reading an article in my Sunday paper about Las Vegas's dwindling water supply (apparently, water could fall below the existing pipe to Lake Mead by 2012, thereby cutting off 40 percent of the city's water), and reflecting that this is further proof of one of my most dearly held beliefs: everybody who lives west of the Mississippi should read Marc Reisner's The Cadillac Desert at least once.

Best nonfiction book ever, guys.

Labels: Atypical Wordcandy, Nonfiction