The library is done. Basically. There is still some organizing to do, but the room is painted, the shelves installed, the books shelved. And the reading chairs are in place. Maybe I’ll post a pic, if I remember. That only leaves the office, which will require another expensive visit to IKEA. Damn IKEA.
The phones are ringing, but I still (for some technical, not easily explained reason) cannot answer them. When I pick up, the line goes dead. So I’m just letting the ugly squat black machine ring. (Why hasn’t anyone figured out how to design a decent-looking office phone? There hasn’t been a cool-looking phone since the …
My job is to answer the phones. That’s all I do. Last night we had a storm and water leaked into the phone system box and frazzled the system. And by ‘frazzled,’ I mean it the phones don’t work. My job is to answer the phones. That’s all I do.
So, I have a new job, at a car dealership. I answer phones and shuffle paper for $11 per. I’m not going to blog about the job and how ‘awesome’ it is because that would inevitably lead to my getting fired at an inopportune time. One of the downsides is that I now have an …
I’m not going to finish that classic Beatles lyric because, well, I’m in the US, nor the USSR, which, also, no longer exists. I’m still a bit out of sorts from all the traveling, so I’ve not fully submerged myself back into the book world. Just wanted to write and say hello. Hello.
Just a warning that I’ll be on vacation in the UK and Ireland until 20 September. I may drop the occasional post if I can find an internet cafe or something. I don’t know how prevalent that sort of thing is over there. This will be my first trip ‘across the pond,’ so I’m very …
What is it with this obsession with author photos? Writers are a jealous bunch, but one of the things that gets them riled up the most is an attractive, successful author.
An innovative, if somewhat obnoxious use for rejection letters.
Aside from being a good potential title, it happened to me today. I was driving along, minding my own business, and a fairly young man — sixteen or seventeen — changed lanes without looking. He took off my mirror and scarred up both driver’s side doors pretty well. My insurance company says it’s probably two-three …
I went on a little exploratory drive tonight out to Fall River. At first I thought it was an incredibly depressing city, not at all what I expected. The mall was a collection of discount stores, and, in place of department stores like Sears or JC Penny’s, on one end was a Wal-Mart, and on …
