paperdol, The Boy and I were in B&N yesterday, and I found your book, which was already turned so that the whole cover faced out (versus just the spine), and I squeed and gleebled and clapped my hands, and then I cornered a cute geeky-looking B&N employee and said, "If I'm allowed to make recommendations to you guys, READ THIS BOOK!" etc.

It turns out that she is somewhat involved in Trek fandom, so I didn't have to do much explaining to her, other than IT'S AWESOME READ IT AND PIMP IT TO ALL YOUR CUSTOMERS!

Nilly - I am in baseball heaven right now. Lots of fun stuff happening with the All-Star events in San Francsico. Mom is in better health right now, so while that was a missed opportunity, she is handling it well.

I'm working for an hour and fifteen minutes more today - then off to more baseball FanFest stuff.

Nilly!

I keep wondering if I'm famous yet.

Ugh. I am supposed to go to the beach for a girl's weekend/birthday celebration combo, and getting there is going to be inconvenient and expensive.

Right now I am trying to decide if I should use a few precious hours of vacation time in order to get on the highway before rush hour on Friday, or whether I should cancel, save a lot of money, and be the most horrible sister in the known universe.

Girl Genius

I keep trying to read this, but I get put off by the artwork. I'm shallow that way.

What's the name/URL of the one where the main guy's got a little pesky robot and they work at/patronise a cafe, and then there's the one girl that's (or was) too damaged to date our dashing lead...

Questionable content. It look me a real long time to remember its name, too.

Suzi/Nilly - I saw something on the news last night that they now have baseball in Israel. See what the madness is about! incomprehensible though it may be.

And shrift, whatever you decide, I think I've got the worst sister in the known universe tied up. Just ask my sister.

I am in baseball heaven right now

Yay!

One day I'm going to watch a baseball game with somebody who understands the rules. I hope.

[Edit: Toddson! Somebody here linked to it a few months ago, too. But it's still in very baby stages, very few places, and doesn't really catch on. We're still very much a soccer/basketball sort of team games place.]

she is handling it well.

This is good to read.

I keep wondering if I'm famous yet.

In this little across-the-ocean place, with just the one e-mail (because I couldn't wait, even if the book can't be bought from here for another three weeks), I have one friend who wants me to translate some of your essays, another I'm meeting tomorrow who called and specifically asked me to bring the book with me so that she'd be able to see it, 4 or 5 people in line to read it after me (meaning, when I'm willing to part with it for more than three minutes straight), and 3 or 4 people who may end up in the USA in the next few months who already added it to their shopping list.

I think I've got the worst sister in the known universe tied up. Just ask my sister.

You keep her tied up? She's that bad?

The only time I ate at Cafe Flora, I was seriously underwhelmed. Maybe I was there on a bad day.

Is that where we went to brunch?

While I was gone, a new summer associate moved in to the office down the hall a bit. He doesn't seem to have much concept of work appropriate phone calls, judging on the call I just had to listen to, in which he was accusing someone I am guessing is his girlfriend of spying on him and talking about how everyone at the party he went to was a lesbian and how she clearly didn't trust him.

If I could hear him clearly, it's a pretty good guess that the partner in the office next to his did as well.

sorry ... I meant the "title". For me. Although I think being tied up would be something of a relief for my sister. She has full-time custody of mom.