The signing yesterday out at Geneva went well. Kimberley and the store management put me right up front by the door, which was nice. I played Wal Mart greeter. And now for the important numbers:

Questions about bathroom location: 3
Questions about sale price stickering on Christmas books: 1

I did run out of Dragon Champions. As for the mountain of Dragon Outcasts, barely made a dent.

michaeldthomas showed up, which either means he's experienced enough about author signings to know that a lot of times the author is bored and needs someone to talk to, or he was just looking for something to do with Caitlyn for the afternoon. Met some nice new people. Also a smart pair of kids who read a lot: Noah and Jesse. Now that I think about it, Noah is probably old enough to resent being called a kid. Anyway, their parents are doing something right. They both asked a lot of good questions.

Then Chats and I ate at a surprisingly congenial Claddagh "Irish" Pub (the quotation marks there are mine because it's obviously a corporate chain, but the food was quite tasty and decor was pleasant and as authentic as you'll get on former Midwestern prairie). We watched the Packers turn the game around and then headed home. I played some Halo with bg_editor and quikthnkr but I kept losing my Xbox live connection. I guess too many people in Chicago got Xboxs this Christmas. Microsoft is giving away a free game download to make up for all the capacity problems.

Oh, here's a link to a cool genreiffic shirt shop. All your favorite SF corporations, plus some other locations like Amity Island and the Winchester from Shaun Of The Dead:

http://www.lastexittonowhere.com

Perfect for your geek on Valentine's day. Nothing says love, or at least basic pleasure model simulacra of love, like a Tyrell Corporation shirt. Little on the pricey side, but then they have to come from Old Blighty. They need Benthic Petroleum, Omega Sector, Con-Am 27, Village of Sandford, and of course Initech.