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While you’re waiting…

27 April 2005

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…for me to get my act together re: the new site, I thought I’d post some recent emails from Trotteristas. This one, from a demented pair in Australia (keep reading):“Barry Trotter books rule! Though it is rather disturbing to consistantly find them in the children’s section… [I agree. They should be kept in a lead-lined [...]

I LOVED this email

19 April 2005

5960 CommentsI+LOVED+this+email2005-04-19+12%3A35%3A00Michael

This recently came through my in-box: “I demand that you stop writing the Barry Trotter series. Close barrytrotter.com How can you make fun of the Harry Potter series? If I was old enough, I would sue you. Ben The Barry Trotter HATER” How could any author not be utterly charmed by this? Such passion–and for [...]

A comedy lexicon…

19 April 2005

5950 CommentsA+comedy+lexicon...2005-04-19+12%3A07%3A00Michael

The Artful Writer has a wonderful set of terms used by Zucker/Abrams/Zucker (the people behind Airplane! others) in crafting their comedy. Kate passed it on to me, and I thought some of you might find it useful.

I Love Blogs!

16 April 2005

5940 CommentsI+Love+Blogs%212005-04-16+17%3A50%3A00Michael

Sweet Jesus, this Mikegerber.com revamping is taking a long time. But it will be worth it, I think. In the meantime, this post on Dooce.com made my wife cry with laughter. And Bob Harris has some excellent things to say about “America We Stand As One” (via Tiny Revolution). Oh, I almost forgot: near-Doctor Jules [...]