Oooh! Let us know how _The Partly-Cloudy Patriot_ is. I was thinking of reading it, but it would be ever so much nicer if you would read it first and tell me if it's worthwhile. Although wow, that photo puts me off her because it seems to indicate that she has a taste for Drama over simple goodness -- I mean, she was probably a fairly ordinary looking person before she got all up into the bronzing powder and the faintly sinister nosetip, I mean lipstick.

All writers say that is their favorite place to read where is the city in which they're currently reading. It's a rule.

Also, I adore Sarah Vowell. What other Lisp website has posts about Sarah Vowell? This is why lemonodor is such a great weblog.

i feel it necessary to make note that there was no indication that sarah was kissing ass or otherwise trying to woo the audience. she made no attempts to veil her snorts at ridiculous questions, so i think she really means it. i especially believe it since she said it's because the people here are so receptive and nice to her -- possibly, she thinks, due to the fact that we're all stuck in our cars all the time and radio is the only escape. so she's our de facto heroine.

i can live with that.

also, LA #1.

hey john,

Your post here reminds me not so much of my fond memories of This American Life, but of the inanity of the 'headshot' world.

Compare the picture here to that found on cached on http://images.google.com/images?q=sarah+vowell

I can hear the PR person now. "Sultry, Dammit. We need sultry. A sultry photo will give you at least $1000 more per speaking engagement."

Thank goodness my own existence depends more on code freezes than head shots.

wow you are pretty damn funny looking in real life too.