I had a really great time at the American Library Association Conference, which is still taking place in Washington, D.C. thru Tuesday. I met a lot of nice people and got to ogle some amazing authors, e.g. John Green. He waved at me, and I just about died. Someone dared me to eat a larvae, […]
As you can see from the picture, getting coffee is a dangerous game. I took this picture at a non-peak hour – usually there are about 20 people crowded around this station. I’m surprised I come out unscathed (for the most part — I’ve been burned a few times). Here’s how it goes down: […]
Last fall at the James River Writers conference, I went to a session on what’s funny and what’s not, and the general consensus from the panel was that EVERYTHING in the world is funny, DEPENDING on the context. But is that really true? Are Bosnian war crimes funny? Are kidnappings funny? Is watching all the […]