HIGH SEASON out in paperback

Officially on 7/1, though I got my sample copies on Friday. I like the mm cover better than the hc cover. It's creepier, somehow.

Frogs

Driving down to Madison yesterday we got caught in a freak hail-storm, complete with thunder, lightning, and me scanning the horizon for funnel clouds. Fortunately the new van seems not to have sustained any damage—the hail was marble-sized and appeared relatively soft. But people were seriously freaking out—pulling off the road and in a couple of instances getting into multi-car fender-benders. It was very odd. I was expecting a rain of frogs next, or maybe the rending of the earth—giant chasms opening in the road surface with flames shooting out of them. One really does get the sense that we're teetering on the edge of the apocalypse right now. Never in my life have I imagined that I'd find myself thinking about buying canned goods in bulk, just in case the shit hits the fan.

If They IM'd: Laura Bush and Michelle Obama

Too funny.

A few videos for your viewing pleasure.

I just figured out how to embed video. Mr. Technology, they call me.

Yes We Can

No You Can't

I'm Voting Republican

GoBama.

It's pretty obvious that McW and his staff don't really understand what's coming down the pipe at them (otherwise, how could they have thought the "green screen" speech was, you know, a good idea?). Fine. The longer McW underestimates Obama and tries to dismiss him as "naive" or "inexperienced," the more Obama will make him look like grandpa Simpson, escaped from the home.

The Summer That Wasn't

Seriously. It's getting weird.