Son of a gun! I had all these things I was going to talk about in this post but I had to go and forget what I was going to say. Perhaps I was distracted by my brother and the puppy he and his wife picked up today. I mean he’s pretty distracting right?

Charlie (front), stealin' the limelight from unnamed pup (that little guy in the back)

As I booked a ticket yesterday to go home at the end of March to watch my brother compete in a half Ironman (weak sauce), visit my grandfather and spend the first seder with him and my family and hopefully meet the new puppy (who doesn’t have a name yet) I realized that I have spent more nights in Southern California in 2010 than I probably did in all of 2009. Now, I don’t want to say that this trend will continue but I’m guessing this trip at the end of March won’t be the last (actually, I know it won’t since Lor is getting married in October). Moral of the story… I’m kind of tired of traveling 450 miles by plane and vow to travel a lot further by plane before the year is out. Oh, and by further I’m not talking New York or Hawaii (that’s child’s play) I’m talking South America, Asia who knows. Ok, this information really has nothing to do with nothing. But seeing as I forgot what I was going to write about, this is going to have to suffice.

Tuesday, March 2nd
@ 7pm
- Seth Grahame-Smith, author, will be at Book Soup talking about and signing copies of his book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. This event will actually be the book release party for it seeing as it is being released on the 2nd. You know may know Mr. Grahame-Smith as he’s actually the author of the highly popular Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Rather than try and tell you what this book is about I thought it would be a lot more fun to entertain you by showing you the book trailer for the book (yes, book trailers actually exist). Seriously, it’s fun and funny and worth watching

Friday, March 5th
@ 6pm
- Cathleen Falsani, author, will be talking about her book The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers at Laguna Beach Books. If your unfamiliar with the Coen Brothers, I don’t know what to tell you. I guess I would suggest that you immediately stop reading this and go rent The Big Lebowski and Fargo. The book itself checks out the existential elements that are present in the movies created by the brothers. Umm, don’t really know what to say about this one, I suppose if you’re into white Russians and bowling, I think you’d like this book.

Saturday, March 6th
@ 7pm
- Ed Ruscha, artisit, will be at Book Soup where he’ll be signing a book titled Fifty Years of Painting. Ruscha is a pretty big name in the world of art and more specifically pop art. The book’s about the guy and his work, what more need be said? If you’re into his work check him out, if you’re unfamiliar with who he is, check him out. Just a suggestion.

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