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I loved it. - Stephen Mack

That sounds fun. Don't think my kids would have the attention span for it, though. - Stephen Mack

Thanks Roger! - Lani

I was also sent a text intended for someone else today. I don't think the incidents are related (although the mis-text was from a Portland number (I still have a Portland number) and the e-mails are for someone who lives in Portland. - Lani

I get this sort of stuff all the time -- many different Eric Stephens and Edna Stephens and so on in the world screw up and use my address. I still dutifully write back to tell them that I don't care their flight leaves at 6 or that they think I should call their cousin Brenda. - Stephen Mack

I own the "staylor" gmail account but don't use it (Taylor is my maiden name). I get forgetten password emails for that account all the time. You forgot your own frickin' email address, not the password to my email, dumbass. - Shannon Jiménez

Instructions for training yourself to get out of bed automatically - Lani

boy do i need this! I hope it works - Toby Graham

This has some twists on the usual vampire mythology. I need to watch the movie this week to compare the book and the movie. - Lani

The movie was a good adaptation. - Lani

These short stories were a good followup to the two Sedaris books I just read. Most of them focused on one person. There was a nice variety of writing styles (including two comics). I was puzzled by Nick Hornby's entry, which was comprised of blurbs about (several?) people with variants of the same name. My favorites were "Magda Mandela" by Hari Kunzru and "Nigora" by Adam Thirlwell. - Lani

Sedaris is either lambasting himself or members of his family in the essays in this book. His wry prose is at times poignant and at times ridiculous but is invariably entertaining. - Lani

The stories all had similar over-the-top personalities that made me smirk. The main essay is the SantaLand Diaries, which tells of Sedaris' experiences as a holiday elf at Macy's including taking photos of kids (and adults) on Santas' laps. - Lani

This was cute. All of the stories had twists. Not as good as Derek Kirk Kim or Gene Luen Yang's graphic novels (Same Difference & Other Stories and American Born Chinese respectively). - Lani

I really enjoyed this negative utopia. One of the most notable parts of this book are the animal hybrids — pigoons (used to harvest organs), rakunks (pets), wolvogs (were created to hunt the snats). - Lani