Ah. There really is nothing like starting a blog the day after you finish the last one. Why, it seems like just yesterday that I was yelling at you all about not doing anything for Martin Luther King Day and telling you my ideas for a less expensive monument to put in the Tidal Basin. Wait. It was just yesterday and let me tell you why.
Our webmaster (Evan) is taking a bit of time off. I believe he is making his annual pilgrimage to California to pray before the shrine that is Silicon Valley. Nowhere specific in the valley, I think he just kneels on the ground somewhere outside Gilroy, points himself slightly North West (Toward San Francisco) and begins the meditation process. The meditation/prayer procedure can take as long as 6 days if you are using dial up, but if you have a T1 line it is over in a matter of minutes leaving you loads of time to enjoy the local Garlic Festival there in Gilroy or to travel north and take in some of the other local color. That’s Comcastic!
I wanted to thank you all for coming out to the Race Beat event out in Courthouse. It was good to see so many eager young faces smiling back at the authors and peppering them with questions. Thank you.
Speaking of events. I thought I might actually talk about one or two if you all didn’t mind. There are three events coming up in the next little while that I am very happy about and proud of. Not just because I booked them, although I did book them. I am excited about them because they are all close to my heart. You might catch a slight hint as to my personality by the type of events I get excited about. Here you thought you knew all about me because of the Smokey and the Bandit thing didn’t you? Well, I have sour news for you, Jack. I have a little bit more depth in my character. Not a lot more, just a little.
Here are the events I am so fired up about in no particular order:
Number One. Ross King, “Judgment of Paris”. You may or may not know that my degree is in Fine Arts. Mostly in sculpture, but I have been know to paint on occasion as well. Ross’ newest book deals with the Paris exhibition that caused a bit of ruckus and ultimately gave birth to what we all call Impressionism. He is speaking in out Courthouse store and I am crazy excited to meet him. If I could dig up my battered hard back of The Pope’s Ceiling I would drag it along with me and have him sign it. This may or may not be an option due to three moves since I bought it. Somethings just get lost. Like the point does every time I start writing.
Number Two. Alan Folsom "The Machiavelli Covenant". I am stupid excited about Alan Folsom coming to visit as well. Not in a star struck "Oh my God, Alan Folsom! You, like, totally rock. All those books with all those words in them, man. How do you type all those words. I can only type, like, 200,000 before my fingers get tired. . . Alan Folsom."
I swear I will not be that bad, but I do like the man and I have read a few of his books. To take a smallish quote from Joe Murphy-God bless his little Hollywood soul- You don't get to be a head buyer without reading a lot of books. I do read a lot. I have read a lot that is. Sometimes I forget more books then I remember. I do remember a few things though. I remember that Tor/Forge books were some of the first books I ever checked out of the library. Alan Folsom is actually going to hang out with us booksellers before the event. Good times!
Number Three. Amy Bryant "Polly". I got this book as a galley and due to its small stature, I thought I could zip through it on my lunch breaks. I fell in love with this book while sitting on a park bench eating soup. "Polly" is the tale of a young girl growing up in Reston, VA in the eighties. She listened to the same bands I did, she dressed like me, (not the skirts, but the t-shirts) she could have been one of a dozen girls I hung out with growing up. To read a girl's account of how things were back then changes my whole perspective on the time. It is a beautiful little story with a tough-chick character that I am looking forward to hanging out with. I know she is fictional but she can live in my head every time I read the book. Plus, I get to meet the author and so can you. Come out to Courthouse this week. Courthouse Metro Station, we are right there.
Come down, meet me, meet Amy and meet Polly. If you are lucky you can meet Amanda who has nothing to do with this story but she can speak three languages and has been know to wear a bell on her shoe. Courthouse! It's What's for Dinner! Courthouse! The other Virginia store! Courthouse! Where books are for. . .sale? I kind of lost it there at the end.
Our webmaster (Evan) is taking a bit of time off. I believe he is making his annual pilgrimage to California to pray before the shrine that is Silicon Valley. Nowhere specific in the valley, I think he just kneels on the ground somewhere outside Gilroy, points himself slightly North West (Toward San Francisco) and begins the meditation process. The meditation/prayer procedure can take as long as 6 days if you are using dial up, but if you have a T1 line it is over in a matter of minutes leaving you loads of time to enjoy the local Garlic Festival there in Gilroy or to travel north and take in some of the other local color. That’s Comcastic!
I wanted to thank you all for coming out to the Race Beat event out in Courthouse. It was good to see so many eager young faces smiling back at the authors and peppering them with questions. Thank you.
Speaking of events. I thought I might actually talk about one or two if you all didn’t mind. There are three events coming up in the next little while that I am very happy about and proud of. Not just because I booked them, although I did book them. I am excited about them because they are all close to my heart. You might catch a slight hint as to my personality by the type of events I get excited about. Here you thought you knew all about me because of the Smokey and the Bandit thing didn’t you? Well, I have sour news for you, Jack. I have a little bit more depth in my character. Not a lot more, just a little.
Here are the events I am so fired up about in no particular order:
Number One. Ross King, “Judgment of Paris”. You may or may not know that my degree is in Fine Arts. Mostly in sculpture, but I have been know to paint on occasion as well. Ross’ newest book deals with the Paris exhibition that caused a bit of ruckus and ultimately gave birth to what we all call Impressionism. He is speaking in out Courthouse store and I am crazy excited to meet him. If I could dig up my battered hard back of The Pope’s Ceiling I would drag it along with me and have him sign it. This may or may not be an option due to three moves since I bought it. Somethings just get lost. Like the point does every time I start writing.
Number Two. Alan Folsom "The Machiavelli Covenant". I am stupid excited about Alan Folsom coming to visit as well. Not in a star struck "Oh my God, Alan Folsom! You, like, totally rock. All those books with all those words in them, man. How do you type all those words. I can only type, like, 200,000 before my fingers get tired. . . Alan Folsom."
I swear I will not be that bad, but I do like the man and I have read a few of his books. To take a smallish quote from Joe Murphy-God bless his little Hollywood soul- You don't get to be a head buyer without reading a lot of books. I do read a lot. I have read a lot that is. Sometimes I forget more books then I remember. I do remember a few things though. I remember that Tor/Forge books were some of the first books I ever checked out of the library. Alan Folsom is actually going to hang out with us booksellers before the event. Good times!
Number Three. Amy Bryant "Polly". I got this book as a galley and due to its small stature, I thought I could zip through it on my lunch breaks. I fell in love with this book while sitting on a park bench eating soup. "Polly" is the tale of a young girl growing up in Reston, VA in the eighties. She listened to the same bands I did, she dressed like me, (not the skirts, but the t-shirts) she could have been one of a dozen girls I hung out with growing up. To read a girl's account of how things were back then changes my whole perspective on the time. It is a beautiful little story with a tough-chick character that I am looking forward to hanging out with. I know she is fictional but she can live in my head every time I read the book. Plus, I get to meet the author and so can you. Come out to Courthouse this week. Courthouse Metro Station, we are right there.
Come down, meet me, meet Amy and meet Polly. If you are lucky you can meet Amanda who has nothing to do with this story but she can speak three languages and has been know to wear a bell on her shoe. Courthouse! It's What's for Dinner! Courthouse! The other Virginia store! Courthouse! Where books are for. . .sale? I kind of lost it there at the end.
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