So the stock market was down 777 points yesterday, up more than 500 points today, it looks as though Congress may get some form of a deal through, and all of your hard-earned cash might not turn into confetti. Yay! Thanks in large part to McCain’s wildly erratic behavior and serious wonkiness (who stands up in front of ga-millions of people at the moment of the greatest financial disaster in America since the Great Depression and quips, “I’m a betting man!”) and Obama’s level-headedness, Obama is racing forward in the polls. But hey, enough about the economy, let’s get...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Desperately Seeking Pregnant Nordic Goddess
Oh, how I love the blogs. But this has to be one of my favorites. Someone from Seattle, liveblogging during his Manhattan interlude, waxes poetic about a moment on a train with a tall blonde Nordic goddess. And guess what the stunning mama-to-be is reading! I realize that, were I still looking for romance, the fact that I fall in love with a different girl every 5 minutes in this town might not bode well for the assurance of future fidelity. But how can I help it? The aforementioned Nordic goddess was also apparently about 7 months along, standing...
come say hi
Stop by the Booksmith booth at the Cole Valley Street Fair in San Francisco today. My pal Andrew Foster Altschul (Lady Lazarus) and I will be there from noon to one, chatting about literary fiction (or whatever else you want to talk about) and recommending great books. Where: Cole Street between Carl and Grattan N Judah stop: Carl and Cole. Bus: 43, 6, 66, 7, 71 All the details are here. Other folks who’ll be warming the seats and shooting the breeze at the Booksmith booth: 1- 2 pm – Discuss Mysteries with Louise Ure (The Fault Tree) and...
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
Stop dreaming, start writing!
