A Quiz In Which I'm Pretty Certain People Have a Strong Opinion on Sarah Palin David Sedaris Concerts Tickets, There are many, many clever people who come out to O'Niell's each Wednesday. You can tell by their clever team names and high scores. And, being the very specific group of nerds that love to quiz and drink, we are all like minded in many ways. Apparently this includes politically. Last night, not one, not two, but three - yes that's right, I said three - teams chose to have their team name reflect on how much of a hot mommy and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is. We had Sarah Palin.

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Dear Canadian Musicians There is a San Francisco literary magazine that I subscribe to called The Believer and in it there is this bit called Sedaratives. It's essentially a Dear Abby styled column originally conducted by humorist writer David Sedaris (hence the name), his actor sister Amy then took it over and now-a-days it's a revolving door of who answers the letters. In last month's issue Canadian musicians the likes of Final Fantasy, John K. Samson and Sara Quin walked through that door to solve people's problems. Cheap David Sedaris Tickets.

PAINTER IN YOUR POCKET Concerts, Fifteen ways to divide your artistic attention this fall LEONARD CUTROW'S ?TRANSITION? from ?CALIFORNIA, SEEN? A lot changes when fall finally comes flooding into Long Beach: the air turns just a tiny bit crisp, barbecues are left to rust on the patio and flip-flops give way to more fully-realized footwear. But most importantly, galleries get going with new exhibitions, scripts are put to the stage and the art world lights up once more. So it's with that seasonal shift that we turn.

"I'll Take Zany Southern Writers for $500" David Sedaris, 1. Which author, who met and mentored William Faulkner in New Orleans, agreed to recommend Faulkner's first novel, Soldier's Pay, to his publisher, provided he didn't have to read it first? a. Tennessee Williams b. Sherwood Anderson c. Scott Fitzgerald d. Ernest Hemingway From Maud Newton's southern culture trivia quiz, with much more found here. The answer is b, Sherwood Anderson. And another: 28. Anecdote contributed by writer/blogger Carrie Frye: Which North Carolina writer, when drunk.

Two Lines It's still Tuesday so I'm going to chime in for Two Line Tuesday, the weekly web feature brought to you by the fine minds over at the Women of Mystery blog. From an as yet untitled short story . I'd heard the resonating heart beat of my child before, but today the thunderous twang rang louder, more definitive, and sounded exactly like a saw blade being bent to a steady rhythm. The ultrasound technician squinted at the monitor before saying.".".I can't decide. Gammage Auditorium.

When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris I am reading When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. OK actually not reading the book itself anymore, rather decided to extend my trial membership at the audible.com so I am listening to the book from now on. It is so much easier that way and I get to finish books I want to read much faster. About the book: Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that is legions of fans will fall for him once more. 'David Sedaris. Tempe.

July/August Reading Summary AZ, Books finished in July and August. Links are to posts in this blog. I really didn't read nearly as much these last two months as I usually do (see stats below). It was a busy summer! FICTION The God of War by Marisa Silver Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Sister by Poppy Adams Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen FICTION: Graphic Novels The Arrival by Shaun Tan With the Light Volume.

Paging Harold Bloom Gammage Auditorium Tickets, Paging Harold Bloom September 2nd, 2008 by CJ Ciaramella  According to the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription wall), this is what the college crowd is reading right now: When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ? One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin New Moon by Stephanie Meyer Eat, Pray and Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy.