Anton Chekov is a nicer guy than I would have expected. I have a couple of complaints with his supporting large chain bookstores rather than the independent booksellers that drove his early success, but at least he was nice enough to give a reading. A shame that B&N kicked him out. I’m not the only one upset: a woman in the audience was “shocked” and “outraged” that they would evict an author who was trying to give a reading. But it’s OK, after being thrown out he was considerate enough to hold a book signing in Union Square.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Read the page for details about the astute 11-year-old, as well as the student who apologizes to Chekov for missing his Central Park play last summer.

As someone with a fair amount of experience with tastings, I can assure you that the “New Cheerios” survey is completely plausible.

So many other bits to remark on.  Do you want to trade shoes?”  The time warp (“For the remaining five loops, I looked at my watch and said “5:25″ at the exact same moment; it was now part of our sequence.”) Could you keep a straight face during these stunts? I don’t think I could, and I have improv experience. And why do I find this wonderful and Tom Greene’s antics deplorable? (I think it’s because so many of Greene’s bits have a strong thread of inherent cruelty to them, and these don’t.)

I have a feeling that it should really bother me that I think this stunt would have been more impressive if the cupcakes were poisoned. I mean, OK, not really, but in a fictional story, say. No? OK, well, forget I said anything.

Mon, 10 May 2004 22:48:36 +0000
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