Today’s MUG offers a guide to Forbidden Pleasures, including cigarette smoking (what sad times are these when tobacco is a forbidden pleasure in New York) and the inevitable absinthe (with which everyone remains fascinated despite the fact that there are easier ways to get loopy and cheaper ways to get drunk). Also, I’m not sure whether or not I’m glad I’ve only read four of the “most challenged books” on their list - on the one hand, maybe I should read more banned literature. On the other hand, most of those books aren’t that great.