I'm Back!

No, that's not a threat, and I know you all missed me (all 18 of you who accidentally found my blog). 

Anyway, I've been pretty sick for the past couple of weeks.  I won't go into detail because I just don't see why any of you would care, but before I got sick, I did some adventuring. 

Last Monday I got to introduce author Jack Pendarvis to a reasonably sized audience of Samford students and professors, and I like to imagine that it is me he is refering to in one of his more recent blog entries.  (That's right, I'm blog-stalking him, and if Neil Gaiman and Diana Wynne Jones kept a blog, I would probably stalk them too!)

He's probably one of my favorite authors right now, and I highly recommend his book The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure.  It's his collection of hilariously satirical short stories, my favorite one being "Sex Devil," which he read to us during his visit.  He also wrote the novel, Awesome, and another collection of short stories, Your Body is Changing.  Awesome is hilarious, but it's not for everyone.  If you have a problem with the word "ejaculate," don't read it!  I've only read one story so far from You're Body is Changing; I read "The Outsiders" in class when I probably should have been...well, teaching actually.  Anyway, I never claimed to be the perfect teacher's assistant or student, but I am an avid reader of good literature. 

So, go read some Jack Pendarvis!  I follow his blog, and you should, too!