So I got to meet/see David Sedaris yesterday. It was a thousand degrees out and the reading was outside, but he was very funny and surprisingly worth the 3 hours we actually did stand in line in the oven-like heat. Some people stood out there for like 5 or 6 though, so don't feel too bad for us. We left to have lunch, checked on the line, did a ( Read more... )

So...a couple years ago now, I was talking to a high school friend I've kept in touch with over the years (we'll call her HSF #1) and she mention that another friend of ours (HSF #2) who was always drawing comic characters was (post-university) working at some comic company in Oregon around Portland. Okay, that's great, I'm like, good for her she' ( Read more... )