Month: March 2008

Well, two days and however many dollars I spent in New Orleans short, here’s the “Friday” Random Guess 10:

1. “Better Things” by the Kinks, guessed by Bryan
   Here’s wishing you the bluest sky
2. “Meanwhile, Rick James…” by Cake, guessed by Wormbrain
   Fawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire
3. “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens
   We sold our clothes to the state
4. “Beautiful Night” by Paul McCartney, guessed by Kim
   Seems to me the perfect way to spend an afternoon
5. “Abilene (The Eisenhower Waltz)” by Peter Mulvey, guessed by Kim
   And, sir, it is a sight just to behold
6. “I Can’t Decide” by Scissor Sisters, guessed by Betty
   If lies were cats you’d be a litter
7. “The Show Must Go On” by Queen, guessed by Kim
   My makeup may be flaking
8. “On to You” by the Constantines
   Here the men walk like pigeons
9. “When You Ain’t Got Nobody” by Tom Waits
   And the story never changes, history tells it so plain
10. “Learning to Fly” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Kim
    And the sun went down as I crossed the hill

It went down like this last week, if you’re inclined to check your answers. As always, no prizes will be awarded (beyond maybe your name and a link), but best of luck is wished all around.

Anyway, New Orleans was fun, even if I didn’t get to see a whole lot of it beyond the hotel where the conference was being held. And even if I did wind up at the wrong venue the first day (across the street at the convention center), carrying about 30 pounds of books for the length of one very long city block. I did get to meet a few of our authors and eat a few really nice meals while I was in town. (Seriously, even the shrimp po-boy I had at the airport while waiting for my flight home was pretty decent.) My thanks again to Kim for showing me around on Thursday evening. I’m not sure I’d have had the courage or the energy to wander around the French Quarter all on my own. I’m not sure I’d really call New Orleans my kind of town, but it was nice to visit for a few days.

In just over an hour, I’m headed to the airport and my flight to New Orleans. It’s for business, and I expect to be pretty busy hawking books while I’m down there, but overall there are worse ways to spend a birthday. I’ll be without a computer and internet access the whole time I’m down there, however, so expect things to be pretty quiet around here, at least until I return late Saturday night. Which means that, if there is a Friday Random Guess 10 this week, it’ll likely come on Sunday.

Have fun while I’m gone!

I don’t know whether to be amazed or creeped out by this video. I think I’ll have to settle for something in between: