Tour Update
The West Coast Leg is beginning.
Los Angeles tomorrow night, Jan. 26, at Skylight Books; San Francisco Sunday afternoon, the 28th at 12 Galaxies; Berkeley Jan. 30, Tuesday, at Cody's; Seattle, Feb. 1, Thursday, at Chop Suey, and Portland, Feb. 3, at Powell's. The SF and Portland shows are daytime all-ages family dance parties. Check the Appearances page for details.
Also, I've added an Austin date, on Thursday, March 8, at Bookpeople. As though that was ever in doubt. Three-quarters of the book takes place in Austin, for pity's sake. In addition, I'm going to be a speaker at SXSW Interactive. The exact time has yet to be determined.
Meanwhile, Elijah has informed me that my next book will either be about how to make milk, or about Aquaman. I'm home now, warming myself by the hearth as Abagail brings me the evening's stew. The Continental Congress has much to debate, and I'm to return to Philadelphia as soon as possible.
Wait. That's John Adams. Actually, for dinner tonight we went with my parents to this place in Eagle Rock called The Oinkster. They cure their own pastrami.
Goddamn, I'm tired. Babble, my so-called compatriot in the "hip parenting" movement, launched a strange sneak attack on me today. God forsake bibs! My deeply-considered response is forthcoming.
Thanks to all of you who've supported me during this crazy-ass week. And miles to go before I sleep...
NP
Comments
it seems like most of the responses to the Babble post have done your work for you...
Posted by: amy | January 26, 2007 6:52 AM
Why do you close your post by alluding to a poem about a man with a death wish?
The Babble hatchet job wasn't that bad.
Posted by: PhillyD | January 26, 2007 8:12 AM
Good lord that was painful to read. Here's the short version of the babble thing for anyone who doesn't want to wade through it's utter pointlessness:
I admire authors for what they don't write. For instance: I did not write Alternadad, and neither did anyone else I don't hate. Shame on Neal Pollack for writing it. He thinks he's totally cool but he's not. I would never think I'm totally cool like him. Boo!
Posted by: Tim | January 26, 2007 10:51 AM
It is pretty fun watching the author of that article try to defend herself in the comments.
Posted by: Ben Brown | January 26, 2007 11:05 AM
I wanted to leave a comment saying "I like Neal. I don't like you," but it didn't seem worth registering over. The world is the poorer for it, though.
Even worse than what Tim observed, in the comments, she seems to suggest that there is stuff she likes, and stuff she doesn't like, and people should only write the stuff she likes.
Posted by: troy | January 29, 2007 8:08 AM
You rabblerouser, you.
Posted by: Laura | January 29, 2007 1:44 PM