Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for October 14, 2016
Transcript:
literary calendar monday 7 p.m. author/liar stephen glass ("the fabulist") discusses his work and describes how he won the nobel prize for literature, deciphered the human genome & created spongebob squarepants. reception to follow. remainders books. wednesday 7:30 costanza bwee fails to show up to read her essay collection "waiting for godonuts." and who cares, really? slacker's books 'n' stuff. friday 3 a.m. errol flemm reads & gestures from his graphic novel "spazzoid wars: giant mangaloid robots explode things." heavy breathing to follow. holy jeepers comic shop. tuesday 7 p.m. 24-hour jackie chan film-fest. stay home, order pizza. thursday 7 p.m. edna weebles, author of "lardass nation: americans are food pyramids," discusses it with her mouth full. wideaisle books. 7:30 p.m. pulp this! writer's workshop explores techniques for turning poorly-selling books into those crappy card-board drink trays they hand you at mcdonald's. creative crisis to follow. silage bookstore.
Stephen Glass is so yesterday. Today’s Nobel Prize for Literature winner is Bob Dylan! (Richard couldn’t have topped that.)
Edna Weebles is too truthful for Americans, however. Her sales will be best elsewhere….