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…

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…

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…

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…

[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…

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…