Congratulations

to Lance Armstrong (referred to on King of the Hill tonight as "that guy who rides his bike faster than French people") on his seventh consecutive Tour de France victory.

Drink a toast tonight...

Of Romulan ale. Or maybe Saurian brandy...

James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott of the starship Enterprise, passed away today.

Author of the Month

I'm pleased to announce that I'm the "Austin Area Barnes and Noble Author of the Month" for August 2005. In conjunction with this, I'll be signing NINJAS and TOFU at the Barnes and Noble Round Rock store on August 27.

And in TOFU-related News of the Weird, the Unviersity of Maryland reports that edible meat can be grown in the lab on an industrial scale.

Today's the day!

Today is the official date of publication of TOFU AND T.REX and the softcover edition of NINJAS, PIRANHAS, AND GALILEO! Go out and buy millions of copies. :-)

Book Links does Chicago!

The July issue of BookLinks magazine has an article titled "Chicago--My Kind of Town," featuring books set in Chicago. Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo is described as the story of "three diverse friends...who are trying to figure out life in the seventh grade...[T]hrough it all these guys are funny, sharp, honest, successful, and recognizable."

Interview at Smartwriters

Check out the new interview with me at Smartwriters.com!