As part of a promotion for one of our books, Drollerie Press is sponsoring Pagan Singles, a dating/friends/group site that allows people to post dating personals. I'm hoping that some of you merry band of people will go sign up and create a profile and a post, poke around, try to break it (but not too hard), and let me know what it's missing or what it ought to do differently.

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You can read about the book, which will be published electronically this week, at [link]

Here's a link to the event Frank mentioned above.

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Seems to be sold out. :(

RIP Andy Hallett: [link]

Okey doke-- new Romancing the Blog column is up. [link]

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Movie Tickets on Sale: This American Life -- Live!

Hello friends,

Movie theater tickets are on sale NOW for This American Life—Live!, our stage show that will be beamed via satellite to more than 400 movie screens nationwide on Thursday, April 23rd!

We’re getting psyched for the show: Ira Glass will host an actual episode of the radio program, performed onstage by some of our favorite contributors. Dan Savage, Starlee Kine, and Mike Birbiglia will tell stories. David Rakoff and Dave Hill will conduct a ‘special investigation.’ Plus a new cartoon from Chris Ware, additional visuals by Arthur Jones, and a very special appearance by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! The performance will last around two hours. Come on out!

One night only. Thursday, April 23rd, on select movie screens nationwide.

Ticket info here.

On the radio they simplify his appearance to "and, Joss Whedon sings!"

A friend of mine is trying for a Intuit grant for her business. She makes custom clothing and I've got some of her stuff. Her current idea is a recycled material coffee sleeve--which is both adorable and useful. Her contest entry is here. If you read it and like it, she could use the votes.

Her website is here and you can see her coffee sleeves (and buy if you like!)

Thanks!

Lightbulbs is really open with the following proposal by megan walker:

Official proposal:
Rethinking the structure and/or continued existence of the following bucket threads: Boxed Set, Cable Drama, Comedy, Procedurals, and Premium Cable.

ABC's summer schedule includes the following:

Airdates for the remaining episodes of "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money" were also announced, with "Pushing Daisies" returning to the schedule as of Saturday, May 30 through Saturday, June 13 at 10:00 p.m.; Eli Stone" on Saturday, June 20 through Saturday, July 11 at 10:00 p.m.; and "Dirty Sexy Money" on Saturday, July 18 through August 8 at 10:00 p.m.

Times are Eastern.

Date: Friday, May 22, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: MIT Building 10, Room 250
Street: 222 Memorial Drive
City/Town: Cambridge, MA

TICKETS ON SALE NOW ($10)

The second annual Julius Schwartz Lecture brings J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of the cult science fiction hit Babylon 5.

The Julius Schwartz Lecture is an annual event held to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to the culture, creativity and community of comics and popular entertainment.

The lecture is hosted by the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT and was founded to honor the memory of longtime DC Comics editor Julius "Julie" Schwartz, whose contributions to our culture include co-founding the first science fiction fanzine in 1932, the first science fiction literary agency in 1934, and the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939. Schwartz went on to launch a career in comics that would last for well over 42 years, during which time he helped launch the Silver Age of Comics, introduced the idea of parallel universes, and had a hand in the reinvention of such characters as Batman, Superman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and the Atom.

The event is typically structured as a short lecture presented by the honored speaker, followed by a question-and-answer discussion between the speaker and the head of the Comparative Media Studies program, media scholar Henry Jenkins III. This will be followed by an open question-and-answer session between the lecturer and the audience. The inaugural speaker for the series was New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman.