I can’t send or receive email until further notice, and if you sent me something since Saturday it’s gone into some kind of email ether, so please report donations on this comments thread and I’ll keep updating them over here. They’re working on the problem, and hopefully things will be back to normal soon. Thanks…

My mail server stopped delivering mail somewhere around the evening of the 26th. If you sent me notification that you donated books, I haven’t received it yet. I’ve contacted my web hosting company and hopefully all of that mail will arrive at some point. I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, feel free to mention…

I finally finish updating the newest donations and what happens? Due to my amazing karma, our bathroom plumbing has erupted and our office carpet is soaked in some nasty-ass water. Every towel we have is now being used to hold off the flood until Roto Rooter arrives (good thing we’re getting married because these towels…

The blog’s discussing politics and film while sending books to a city in need. You guys are smart and nice. What more could you want? What? Your own blog for donations, letters, news and wedding tips? Done.

I totally understand. Please pass the word along, if you can. You link to me, and I’ll link to you! Post in the comments here where you’ve linked to the book drive and I’ll make a list of supported sites. Thanks! The books are already starting to come in. Also like last year, if you’d…

Here it is. This year’s pamie.com book drive. Let the weeping of librarians begin!

Two screenwriters talk food between note sessions with producers: STEE: What are we doing about dinner tonight? PAMIE: I don’t know. I think we’re out of food. STEE: We have some chicken nuggets, I think. Chicken strips. And couscous. I’m just thinking out loud. That’s the bad version of dinner.

Please spend money on Fahrenheit 9/11 this weekend. Not next week, not on Monday — this weekend. It’s the only box office figure that matters.

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over a year since we donated money, time, materials and over 650 books for the Oakland Public Library system. Our friendly librarian Mary Farrell of the Lakeview branch fills us in with some news: Library news, is that Measure Q passed and sometime in the next months we…