I Just Read About That…

What I learned today is that my vacation cost me a chance for unparalleled glory! While I was away, I decided to really sink into a vacation: absolutely no contact with email or blogs or even cell phones. Just total isolation. And, it was delightful. I really enjoyed relaxing and having fun with friends. [Note: Cleveland is far too maligned. It is a delightful city, with cool shops, access to a beautiful Great Lake, and charming houses. In fact, I have visited several towns in central Ohio which are so much more depressing that, you could shoot an hour south of Cleveland and easily have a more deservedly mocked city.] But I digress.

When I came back online, I found an email from John Harlow, the Los Angeles correspondent from The Sunday Times of London. He has seen my review of Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up, and, as Martin is to be performing in a play in London, would I like to chat with him about the book and Martin in general. Damn right I would! Well, long story short, when I contacted him today he informed me that the article ran yesterday. Oh, gnashing of teeth, oh, venting of spleens, oh a brush with glory to be brushed away like the rain on my windscreen.

Here is the article in question, by the way. Please enjoy it, and imagine that my name were included in it somewhere.