Sorry I haven't written anything real today here. If it's any consolation to you blog readers, I haven't written anything that mattered for my career today, either. Now, around the time the phone stops ringing for the day, I'm settling down to try to do that. I'll be here way into the A.M., enjoying what is increasingly becoming My Time of Day.
Today was busy but okay. I took time out to lunch with cartoonist Carol Lay at my friendly neighborhood Souplantation. Good cartoonist, good Creamy Tomato Soup. And remember: We're halfway through March, the month when Souplantation (and its sister chain, Sweet Tomatoes) features my fave soup. Go try it if there's one near you…and you can find that out on this page. Also while you're on that page, should you locate an outlet you may be visiting, sign up for this thing they have called Club Veg. It gets you a steady stream of e-mailed discount coupons that will save you a buck or three. I do not own stock in this company.
Hey, if you live in L.A.: The evening of April 12, Jules Feiffer will be appearing at a Writers Bloc event where he'll be interviewed by none other than Carl Reiner. I would imagine someone there will also be selling Mr. Feiffer's new book and he'll be writing his name in copies. Here's how you can be there.
Not long ago, we were all disheartened when Mad magazine was cut from monthly to quarterly. We are therefore heartened to hear that it has now been upped to bi-monthly, which ain't that much less than the eight-per-year status that it enjoyed for much of its past existence. The new issue, by the way, is very funny. I do not think that the sales decline of Mad is due to its quality. I think it's due to its being a magazine.
Okay. My Time of Day is fleeting. Gotta get back to work. I'll take a break in about an hour and post a great video link.