Anna Rain writes: I had some money to burn and could certainly stand better karma, so I donated a few books to the Oakland Library. I sent Gone With the Wind, Illumination Night, and Mystic River to the Piedmont Branch. Seeing books I love on the wishlist made it very easy to choose which ones…

All great things must come to an end. And so it goes for Blaine Watch. Thanks to Couch Baron for being such a great eyewitness. Here he tells the story of Blaine’s release, and he gets all emotional doing it. And thanks to David’s boredom, soon you can read the book: The first was the…

I love that Couch Baron can walk down the street and give an update.

Hi Dan!! Why didn’t you tell me that LA was so much fun?

Jeff would say hi back, Dan, but he’s fallen asleep on my couch. I’m that much fun. When all of you get your books published, I think you’ll find it strange when people decide to review who they think you are as a person when writing their Amazon.com reviews. “Pamie is not a weak writer,”…

stee: My hip hurts this morning. pamie: Is it from going: [smacks hip with fist] “Dammit! I HATE the Yankees!” [repeatedly smacks both hips with both fists] “Why? Why? Why?” stee: Perhaps. Sorry about your loss Dan, stee, Boston, people who root for underdogs, etc. I’ve been a bit absent from the site for this…

From my sister this morning: YOU REALLY NEED TO UPDATE YOUR WEB PAGE. YOU HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING IN A WHILE. WHAT ARE U UP TO. DID YOU GO OUT OF TOWN OR SOMETHING? She has to type in all caps for her job, and “doesn’t feel like” turning it off to converse with people who…