Flatmouse Fame!

My sister's new book, A Trip With Grandma, is now available! At least it's available in the U.S.; my friend Rand already has his copy. I've been told that my local bookstore is supposed to get it any day now. You can see some sample interior pages and a rough in Ruth's Web site, which I've just updated.

Jeff is particularly excited about this because pretty much every illustration in the book features Flatmouse, one of his childhood toys. Jeff claims that Flatmouse (a name he gave the toy himself as a child) was always flat, but what demented toy company would produce such an obviously weird-looking, flat toy for a child? No, I'm convinced that Flatmouse used to be a regular-looking mouse....until tragedy struck.

I have my own theories about how the poor thing got flattened. The nose is crooked, as if it was pressed very hard against a hard flat surface. Like the pavement, as Little Flatmouse is being repeatedly run over by the family car, for instance. Or perhaps young Jefferson was in the habit of sleeping on top of the defenseless toy, a subconsciously aggressive action sprung out of a secret but deep-seated hatred of mice. Possibly. He'll deny it now, of course.

In any case, Jeff has fortunately grown out of these childhood neuroses (though who knows if he ever truly recovered from the shock of being taken to the hospital emergency ward by his mother when he got that pussy willow stuck up his nose) and regards Flatmouse with genuine affection these days:



Four days until FilKONtario!

Link O' The Day

A short while back, I mentioned Part I of Wil Wheaton's funny but sad story about his first meeting with William Shatner. Thanks to Danea for alerting to me to the posting of Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: William F** Shatner, PART II!

Arrogant Worms YouTube Video: Carrot Juice Is Murder: I had never seen an Arrogant Worms video, so thanks to CDenise for the link! I first heard the very funny "Carrot Juice Is Murder" in an open filk circle ages ago.



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