At the National Press Club, we do one or more book events per month, where an author with a new book out will come and talk, answer questions, and sign books that are purchased there from Barnes & Noble, and that raise a bit of money per book for the non-profit journalism library. Lately there's been some discussion regarding how to adjust this ( Read more... )

So as promised, I have finally gotten a minute to write about the boots I won from The Possessionista (and Koolaburra of course!) in the "31 Days of Giveaways" contest! (And FYI I found The Possessionista after The Fug Girls recommended the site in one of their link posts. So thanks, Heather and Jessica!)

First of all, here they are:


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I'm curious:

Poll Supernatural Boys!It's a REALLY close one for me - Sam's got the puppy-dog eyes and the empathy going on, plus that whole mystery psychic thing, which is fun; and Dean's a badass mofo who's got an awesome sense of humor. And both the actors are smokin'. And then of course there's John, the original hunter who just happens to be played by, essentially, ( Read more... )

First off, Video of Matthew Good playing "True Love Will Find You In The End" with Pete Yorn

It's not my favorite song off the new album (my favorite songs are the ones that he created, not covers) but he sings it well and the duet is lovely.

Second, Wonderful Neil (that's his actual first name, didn't you know) has mentioned the North American ( Read more... )