Tom is Away

it is almost always funny when Bartolo Colon’s last name appears in a headline.

for only the second time in my life, I’m doing something potentially interesting on New Year’s Eve. Headed to AC for dinner, and then a comedy show (Joel McHale). Let’s hope it turns out better than that time I slept on the floor of a football player’s apartment in West Chester and got up at 4:30 AM to eat $10 worth of 7-11 taquitos.

weekly sales doubled in the week leading up to Christmas; pretty good, but now we have to keep some momentum alive post-Christmas. Somehow.

way behind on pretty much everything.

4 of the Eagles’ 5 Pro Bowlers last night were terrible: Akers, Vick, Jackson, Peters. The 5th had no impact, except for some more awful tackling.

if Joe Webb were any good at all, I’d be pretty worried about the Eagles blowing this game.

jesus, there’s no way Vick survives this game.

it’s best just not to look at the line graph detailing BMIMJ sales post-Christmas.

beginning work on new book tomorrow. Until then– playing NBA Jam.

TMCFL champion!

Signing was a non-failure, which is nice. Also, fun to watch panicking people rushing through last minute shopping

Chris’ birthday, cookie making extravaganza, AND taking the dog to a new groomer, in hopes that this one is less prone to murder.

reading “Erasure” by Percival Everett– an unbelievably bitterly funny book.

podcast complete. At least two confirmed sales, so definitely worth it.

La Salle PR guy working his connections with the Inquirer to get an excerpt of the book published in the paper. Fingers crossed on that one. (and I CAN type with crossed fingers, due to the totally inefficient way I type).

intended to write a <1000 word blog post re: Vick. Spent ~6-7 hours on it, and now have 12-13 pages. Seeing if I can fashion it into something publishable

recording a podcast tonight with the guys from Eagles Fan Cast. Will post it all over the place once it’s online.

hurry up and get eclipsed, you stupid moon.

strangely manic and overflowing with energy for the past ~1 week. Needless to say, this is unfamiliar territory.

hoping writing a short essay thing will maybe burn it off a little bit.

signing at Willow Grove B&N on Christmas Eve from 12-2. They ordered 100 books; hoping to sell ‘em all out.