Here is some information about "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, as well as the reason that this book got 4 toaster pastries.  Thanks to Wikipedia & the foreword of the book for all the neato information on this bible of the beat generation.

• Was written in 3 weeks.
• Kerouac felt that the process of inserting paper into the typewriter was too interruptive to the creative process.  He taped together a long roll of paper, the beginning of which was just 30 feet.  The roll sold for 2.4 million dollars & now tours the country.
• It was typed without margins, singlespaced, and no paragraph breaks.  One long paragraph, I knew I wasn’t the only one.
• Was read by Sarakastic while she was sitting in the laundromat.  Suddenly her adventure of actually being in the laundromat because her down comforter wouldn’t fit in the washer at home & she had spent the evening punching it with her fists & trying to turn the washer manually  in what should’ve been an "I Love Lucy" episode, seemed small. Sarakastic wonder’s if Jack Kerouac talked about himself in the third person.
• Even the many book covers of reprints show a journey.
• "I read On The Road in maybe 1959.  It changed my life like it changed everyone else’s" –Bob Dylan.  Yup, I said Bob Dylan
• Inspired my thought of "Never love a drifter.  Well, I really wouldn’t mind a boy that was gone all the time.  Actually, that’s my ideal relationship. Note to self:  find a non-sucky non season 6 drifter Luke."

I would love to hear anyone else’s thoughts on this book, please leave comments.