Category: Blog
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One Week Later
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2003: YOU DOWN WITH OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY? WEB SITE ATTRACTS BOOK DONORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Oakland, CA.– You down with Oakland Public Library? asks Pamela Ribon, novelist, aka Pamie.com, Pop Culture Princess of her countless cyber-fans. Pamelas Web site, or blog, has been the scene of some heart-rending activism…
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Wow.
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…
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Moms and Pop-Ins (and books, books, books)
So, I’m a little nervous about my mom reading my book. She hasn’t done it yet, and has been so removed from the process that both she and my sister thought this book was non-fiction, and was some kind of memoir. When we proofed the excerpt, Mom asked me to fax over the pages so…
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You Down With OPL?
[readermail]To Pamie and Friends, To all of you unknown to us, with your cybernames and love of books…you have all renewed our sagging faith in humanity. There you are, wherever you are, responding to our need for books, in an unbelievably generous way! People who haven’t smiled in months (especially our librarian who opens the…
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Many Books Bought; Not One Word Written
Did you see Six Feet Under this week? That reaction the Sisto had when he saw the video for his beloved Nathanial and Isabelle, or whatever it’s called? That’s pretty much the same reaction I had this morning when I looked at The Hollywood Reporter and saw they’re making a motherfucking Grease 3. I hated…
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The Coolest
Happy Cinco de Mayo, y’all. I plan on drinking Pacifico and making guacamole and queso (don’t forget the Rotel Tomatoes, the most important part of Tex-Mex cuisine.) I am so incredibly proud of you guys. Check out what you did for Oakland this week: From Denise: [readermail]OK, I donated the following items to the Oakland…
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Taylor Checks In
Bonjour, people. It iz I, Taylor Dejardin. People, that iz the face I now wear every day for twenty-four hourz a day zeven dayz a week. That iz my face. You cannot change it. I worked very hard to be able to wear that face every moment of every day. I am now over eight…
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“How niiiiice!”
I was not raised by a Southern woman. I didn’t even move to the South until I was well past my most impressionable years. But something happens when I get flustered where I turn into this Southern lady I do not know. I don’t know why it happens. It’s not like it helps me out…
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updates and bragging
Mostly this entire entry is to brag that my friend is on this week’s Will & Grace. He’s the man Madonna will rub her ass on. Yeah, his leg? It’s had Madonna’s ass on it. It’s the coolest leg I know. He’s also the husband of one of my Anne Heche crazy ladies, so you…