Tom is Away

Reading event added to the Barnes & Noble website, which is mildly cool: Link

surgery successful. Retrieving wounded dog. Hoping his return will make the other dog a little less mopey.

the lunatics from Westboro Baptist Church (the people who protest soldiers’ funerals, among other things) are headed to Temple tomorrow to protest the University’s pro-gay agenda, or something.

Hoping that make a wrong turn on Broad St. and end up in one of the sketchier parts of town.

dog dropped off for surgery. other dog frantically searching the house for him.

Two reading events added to website

if this McNabb trade is going to happen, I’d like it to happen ASAP so that I can get back to focusing.

promotional postcards received in the mail today. putting them everywhere.

Author tries to convince followers he’s not the messiah; they take his denial as proof that he’s the messiah: Link

holy crap– La Salle High’s tuition next year is rising to $17,200. Yes, I’m pretty sure that’s more than Temple’s.

back to the old high school for book promotion duties. on the road by 6 AM, and still my lady friend was out the door before I even woke up.

received a letter from a lawyer saying, essentially, “hey, by the way, you’re still being sued. Just so you know.” Thanks, lawyer.

i haven’t followed the NCAA tournament at all, but I’m officially on the Baylor bandwagon, now that I know they have players named Lacedarius and Tweety. Especially Tweety.

it’s a brunch-heavy month around here. cleaning before people arrive.

Night unexpectedly concluded with a two hour stopover at the Ukranian League of Philadelphia’s bar, which, as you might expect, was pretty awesome.

Am I being too cynical, or is this kind of a hollow gesture?

primary criterion for evaluating meeting quality– what snacks are available? If they have peanut butter cookies with white chocolate , then it’s a 10. If it’s yogurt and bottled water, it’s a -10.

mandatory meeting at Temple. Trying to determine some way to subtly plug my book to colleagues.

editing.

2 weeks until my first official reading event to promote the book.

well, good job, Republicans. Spend a year getting people as angry as possible, opposing a bill but never offering any alternatives besides rage, and now people are firing guns and making credible death threats.

Literally every time I read news out of DC, I’m disappointed.

(this is not about opposing the healthcare bill; it’s about intentionally lowering the level of discourse and steafastly refusing to ever offer any substantive ideas, so that idiotic and dangerous reactions became inevitable)