I'm sorry, folks...

...but President Bush is _not_ responsible for the flu vaccine shortage. You can blame him personally for global warming and the flying saucer conspiracy if you want, but let's keep at least a _little_ grip on reality.

The minor mysteries of life

Stopped by to visit a few books this afternoon. Borders has both the trade paperback of WINTER OAK and some copies of the mass market SUMMER COUNTRY in stock, which I signed after the "Information" person got an okay from Higher Powers. Then I went into Daltons, where the nice lady recognized me and called me by name and lamented that they hadn't received WINTER OAK yet. Before I mentioned it. Anyway, they already did have copies of the new edition of SUMMER COUNTRY, which I signed.

Distribution is strange. Anyway, I muttered invocations and spells of summoning cash over all the books. Go forth and gather readers, o ye books.