book book, b'gock!

what are you, too chicken to read?

Nov 03, 2021

dear friends surveying this scene,

welcome.
i’m glad you are here.
and now, the funs of the day.

A) a survey:

what do you prefer?

1) starting a new book 1
2) being in the middle of it 2
3) finishing a great new book 3
4) calling people who read nerds 4

B) a scene:

"i'd like to take this book home from the library"
"that story checks out" 5

C) a surveying of a scene:

"this class is lit!"
-- professor of literature 6

and those are the funs of the day! 7
now for the funs of the days that will be!8

THIS WEEKEND!
— i’m headlining Upstairs at Goodnights in Raleigh, NC on November 5-6.9
— i’m headlining the Cellar Door in Frederick, MD on November 7
NEXT WEEKEND!
— i’m at the Blackrock Center for the Arts in Germantown, MD on November 12
— i’m at the Madison Theatre on Long Island on November 13
FUTURE WEEKENDS!
— i’m at Union Hall in BK for the next “Liz & Myq Give Advice” on November 2810
— i’m headlining Upstairs at Helium in Indianapolis, IN on December 17-18.

thank you for being here, friends.
how are you?
i hope you and yours are well as can be.
much love to all.

just realized it could be argued that bookending also includes bookbeginning

what’s in the middle of the word “middle”? 2 d’s. or not 2 d’s. that is the question. and another question is what happens when you put 2 d’s in the middle of “mile”? you get “middle.” some middle riddles.

when you finish the book, is it still new?

putting the “nerds” in “winnerds”!
PS when i shared this on facebook a little ways back, my grandmother wrote “5) all of the above” and i wrote “fun” and she wrote “truth.”
perfect.
only bonus would have been if she had said "truth, nerd." but i think it was understood.

check out libraries!

just realized that “‘fess up” means “confess!” but “‘fess” is just as much a part of “profess” as “confess,” so “‘fess up” COULD mean “teach!”
(this has me all ‘fessed up. i hope it’s not too ‘fusing.)

bonus fun: sing “those are the funs of the day” to the tune of “follow the yellowbrick road”!

sing this one to any tune you like.

check out the artwork here by my wonderful friend Mickey Cox!
featuring a photo of me by my wonderful friend Mindy Tucker!

do you want advice? do you HAVE advice? feel free to let me/us know! at the show, or here in advance! write back to this message if you wish!
(it's a wish that, if you have it, you can grant yourself!
i like it. like a self-driving car. a self-granting wish.)