These are the words of my cell phone in Barcelona. I’m here for just a few days this week to attend a telecom conference for my other life. I was quick to get out of a taxi yesterday and forgot the phone, ended up racing down the middle of the street for the cab, but the lights were against me. The driver was so nice, though, he returned it to my hotel! Te amo, Barcelona!!
Archive for June, 2005
Even though I just got my first car ever, the idea of driving from Boston to New York wasn’t high on my list. It’s hard to consider that option when a day of NYC parking costs more than a week’s supply of sweatshop-produced fake-me-out Prada on Canal St.
Continue reading ‘BookExpo in 3-Part Harmony: Day 0.5′
Jerry Falwell and a bunch of idiots calling themselves moral Christians are protesting Kraft Food’s decision to sponsor the Gay Games in Chicago next summer. Here’s why that’s just so stupid!
Continue reading ‘Keep Falwell away from my OREO cookies!’
I love books. I love the people that write them, edit them, publish them, sell them and read them. So every year for the past three, I’ve attended the publishing industry’s equivalent of the Boy Scout Jamboree (minus the bed-wetting and cries for mommy), known officially as BookExpo America or BEA for those in the know.
This year was the best ever of the three I’ve attended, and you’re about to find out why. Welcome to my review of Book Expo America 2005 in Three-Part Harmony (Blog, Photos and Podcast). You’re reading the blog edition.
Continue reading ‘BookExpo in 3-Part Harmony: Setting the Stage’
(4 June 2005) - Famed writer Orson Scott Card has endorsed Baratunde’s podcast after meeting him at BookExpo 2005. Read the blog overview, see the photos and hear the only podcast endorsed by the author of “Ender’s Game” all right here.
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