I’ll be making two stops in Portland on Sunday, May 18. At noon, I’ll be reading and signing with Joni Sensel and Sundee Frazier at A Children’s Place. At 2:00, look for us at Powell’s in Beaverton
WHEN: 12:00pm
WHERE: A Children’s Place
WHEN: 2:00
WHERE: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing

Just a few places you can find me in the next month:
11/8 - 3rd Place Books (Lake Forest Park) - 7pm
11/14 - Suburbia Coffee (Kent) - 4pm
11/17 - Gig Harbor Borders Grand Opening - 3pm
11/29 - Parkplace Books (Kirkland) - 6:30pm

These are Friday night’s headlines from ESPN.com:
* Vick co-defendant expected to make plea deal
* Nike suspends Vick’s contract; No. 7 jersey pulled
* Big Unit to undergo season-ending back surgery
* Ranger next to Tillman sure shooting was accident
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When Pele gets here soccer will take off in the US!
When the US women win the world cup, soccer will take off in the US!
When all the kids who grew up playing soccer come of age, soccer will take off in the US!
When the US hosts the world cup, soccer will take off in the […]

On Friday I bought a book called FIRST LIGHT by Rebecca Stead. I opened it that evening and finished it Sunday morning. The story is told from two points of view: a 12-year-old New Yorker named Peter, and a 14-year-old girl named Thea, who lives in Greenland (actually, under Greenland) in a place called Gracehope […]

Very nice news on the book front. Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer is a Junior Library Guild Selection! This makes me very happy. Junior Library Guild is a small but venerable company that serves small public libraries and school libraries across the country. Essentially, JLG helps librarians by acting as a screening service, picking out new […]

I have some questions about action/drama television today. When did it become impossible to tell one show from another? How many shows about crime fighters with extra sensory powers and complicated love lives are there right now? What’s with Mrs. Bacon’s accent? How did JAG last longer than the third Pirates? Does anyone know anyone […]

I went to the zoo today. Why do people take pictures of the animals? Don’t they knew these animals have already been photographed professionally? I think they should save their film for other things like pictures of loved ones, or celebrities.