Though its been close to thirty years since I’ve actually purchased an issue of Mad Magazine (though I habitually flip through it at hipper dentists’ offices), I was floored to see a full-page ad for Heck in the latest issue! It was like a dream realized (not the dream where I am in a bathtub full of maraschino cherries, Vienna sausages, and slowly setting Tropical Fusion JELL-O, but a dream in the sense of a heretofore unachieved goal). The issue, ad not withstanding, is pretty good too. It even managed to drill down deep and find some chuckles in the frozen humor tundra that is our current election year.
What, me worry about reaching my demographic? Heck, no!
Categories: Oh Heck! Words from the Author.
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Powell’s is a bookstore located in Portland, Oregon, often referred to as a
City of Books. While I don’t think it formally qualifies as its own outright
megalopolis (I doubt if people actually live there, or that it has its own
system of government – maybe it’s like the Vatican, a city-within-a-city), it
certainly is the most impressive independent bookstore in all of creation.
Recently, the Good People of Powell’s sent me a bunch of questions to
answer, asking me to pick seven. Well, I couldn’t decide and ended up
answering all of them, thinking they would only use a few. Lo and behold,
they kept every blessed one – for better and for worse. Yikes! I fear I
revealed too much, and am half-expecting a team of doctors to visit my home
in the dead of night, with my paper smock and cup of lime Jell-O. Read it
for yourself!
Powells Kids Q and A
Categories: Reviews
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