Happy May 2 birthday to Dave Winer! (And thanks to Halley for reminding me.)
In other May 2 news, today is the day of Leslie Gore’s birth, J. Edgar Hoover’s death, and the first sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.
Today’s also the day of the first just-plain-bookstore-appearance for Fantastic Realities, at the Harvard Coop Bookstore at 7 p.m. World Scientific managed to get us some advance copies for Frank to sign after he gave a bunch of public lectures during April. (And I’m happy to say that every single book sold out, every single time!)
But a public lecture is, by now, pretty familiar–while a bookstore “appearance” is brand-new and strange. So I’ll be having cold feet all day today, despite the warmth of those beautiful birthday candles. Frank won’t though; he never worries about stuff like this.
Update: Thanks to all who came–it was a lot of fun, the Coop’s Richard gave a charming and enthusiastic introduction, Frank read a few short chapters and a couple of poems, I read just a little bit from my blog, and all but two of the books on display got signed and taken home. Next time, maybe I’ll imitate Frank in not worrying about stuff like this…