If you happened to be watching C-SPAN or Book TV this afternoon, because you wanted all the hot Book Expo action you could catch, you might have seen Michael Moore being interviewed. If you did see that, the girl with the shockingly white t-shirt and the blue do-rag standing just behind the interviewer — that…

This is just a quick one to tell you we hit the AP national wire. If you happen to catch the article in your local papers this week, would you let me know? My mom has a drawer where she likes to keep my clippings. [EDITED TO ADD: And check out CNN, where you can…

I think there’s a 99.999999% chance that not one of you heard me on the radio yesterday. I was the final five minutes of this show, right before Ollie North took over the airwaves. Yep. Me and Republican radio, just like you always knew it would happen. For those of you who missed it (ie:…

I can’t think of a better place to take a newborn child than the 10pm showing of The Matrix. Just wrap that kid up in a blanket, toss him over your shoulder and get him home by one in the morning. What a great evening. stee said it perfectly, in his best Reese Witherspoon in…

I don’t know where to start thanking people. If it’s not Sarah, Tara and Dave for acting so quickly to put up support on their site (and Sarah on her own site as well), or Rob or Omar or Sara or the Mathletes or the Squishettes or The Usual Suspects or everybody at TWoP who…

Yesterday, Chris and Allison‘s apartment burned to the ground. They lost everything they owned. I’d originally written an incredibly sappy set of paragraphs here, because I’m as horribly saddened as I am furious. But all just seemed so stupid. They’ve lost everything. I love them so much. If you’re a friend of theirs and want…

“…A swell blog…” — Jon Carroll. Check that out. I’m famous! I’ve been rewriting the new novel, and I’ve learned something: If you can avoid it, don’t learn the bulk of your grammar rules in Jackson, Mississippi. It seems I’ve been all wrong, completely wrong, crazy wrong on many, many rules. Rules that were taught…

The best part about week two of this book drive is that word has now spread and people are actually discussing the topic of library funding (welcome, Metafilter folks). And people are writing to tell me they’ve started helping out their own local branches. Awareness has been raised. And because I was Library Link of…

If you’re upset with how Oakland had to resort to asking the world to help buy books, the people at Three Way Action are right there with you. They suggest: BTW, anyone who’s local to Oakland and wants to register their concern over the funding can contact the mayor’s office at: One Frank Ogawa Plaza…