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Touch and Enter
In a comment on yesterday’s Towel Day post, Marta said: The miracle of the towel! The man who realized this was a man to be reckoned with indeed. That got me thinking: how cool it would be to come up with a… a something — an in-joke, an idea, a catchphrase, a little fictional detail, [...]
Things vs. Other Things
Dear Internet, Sorry I’ve been so… so… casual about our relationship over the last few days.
Earnout!
From my tech-writing agent, in an email message yesterday: Did you want us to send you a check for the payment due, or did you want an electronic funds transfer to your bank acct? It took 7½ years, but my last tech book finally brought in more for the publisher than the size of the [...]
Hoppin’ Kudos
Okay, I know I’m at risk of exhausting your patience with all the recent round of congratulations, thanks, trophy-giving, and so on. I just want to point you in the direction of one more nice little feather in the cap of an RAMH regular. It’s especially nice to be able to do so via a [...]
If I Were a Betting Man…
…which I’m not, I’d say that the author of this book currently advertised on eBay will see none of the proceeds: Ha! And there are 5 available, even! Hahahahaha…! Omigod, thank you. I needed a good laugh.
When Good Things Happen to Good Book Bloggers
You probably already know the movie A Christmas Story, released in 1983 and based on the stories (and featuring the voiceover narration) of Jean Shepherd. And if you’ve been hanging around here for a while, you may also know of my own childhood Christmas memories — and if so, you’ll know I share what seems [...]
So Your Book Just Sits There, Inert?
(hat tip to Janet Reid)
From the Crazy Mixed-Up Files…
…of the Be Careful What You Wish For Department: We’re clearing some stuff out in preparation for a garage sale. Aside from that, we’ve got a lot of stuff in boxes which we’ve never been able to take out of boxes — because of all the stuff on our shelves, stuff which we once imagined [...]
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon’s newest hit the bookstores a week ago. Penguin Press’s description: Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon — private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog It’s been awhile [...]
Your Favorite Bookish Blogs?
I first read about this on Twitter last week, via Travis Erwin: the second annual Book Blogger Appreciation Week, sponsored by Amy Riley of the My Friend Amy blog. Among other details at the site are these raisons d’etre: WHAT A week where we come together, celebrate the contribution and hard work of book bloggers [...]
