This Week’s Excuse
February 2nd, 2008 by 
Caroline Spector
It’s a doozy. Instead of doing a brilliant, witty, and slightly scathing post on the foibles of nitwits and morons, I’m in New Mexico doing a signing for INSIDE STRAIGHT.
That’s right. At this very moment I am gulping gallons of water to stay hydrated and wearing my pencil to a nubbin signing books all in the effort to avoid writing this week’s post. See, I do it all for you, little precious. (Preciouses? Preciousi? How the hell should that damned word be made plural?)
I’ll be posting pictures from this momentous event at some point, but if you’re in the Albuquerque area, and you have nothing better to do Saturday at 2 PM, stop by Page One Bookstore. Maybe buy a book. Maybe get it signed. From Page One’s website:
Meet George R.R. Martin and the other talented writers of Inside Straight – Daniel Abraham, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Carrie Vaughn, Michael Cassutt, Caroline Spector, John Jos Miller, and the mysterious S.L. Farrell.
See, how cool is this? I get a great excuse to not post. And I get to go to vintage shops.
I had a friend who once explained to me that calories eaten while in an airplane don’t count. I feel that way about spending money on a trip. Money I spend on a trip isn’t like spending real money. It’s fantasy money. It’s theoretical. (And if it’s in the candy-colored hues of a foreign currency, even better!)
And last but not least, my favorite headline from the past week:
And who doesn’t?
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February 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
*sighs in frustration*
How come these signings never happen within a reasonable drive of my home in Illinois?
I’d commit certain minor felonies (nothing above a class C felony, and nothing federal) to have my copy signed by you and the others who’ll be there.
Nobody cool ever comes to Central Illinois. It’s a curse!
Have fun in the warm, though! (Maybe the cold and the snow are WHY nobody cool ever comes here . . . ?)
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Albuquerque! I hear the shoppin’ is good there. And the Atomic Museum is good. Last time we were at the Museum is was Asian-Pacific Day which was one of those cultural collision moments.
May you sign so many books you forget your name.
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
and to think I was looking for this book in the store just last night! I could have just gone to Albuquerque!
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Unaging rats
Who feel no pain . . .
Or zombies come
to Eat Our Brains?
(P.S. Hope the signing went great!)
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
The signing was fabulous. (I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.)
They signed and signed and signed.
I’ve got pictures. Maybe tomorrow.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:47 am
Damn, those mole rats are ugly. My eyes are bleeding.
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
Wow. Huge success signing trumps Eating Our Brains. For a week, anyway (next week, be prepared to fork it over, Spector).
Naked Mole Rats are adorable in their ugliness.