Nightwood<\/a> with me. It’s the favorite book of one of the authors I used to publish. I read about 20 pages of it once before, but the floridity of the prose tired me out. So I figured I’d make it the only book I have with me, like I did with Foucault’s Pendulum a couple of summers ago.<\/p>\nOf course, I took a break to do the crossword puzzle in the Continental in-flight magazine, but that only took about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the conference\/exhibition starts in a few minutes, and I’ve got ironing to do. This place sure is, um, pleasant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Got into Orlando safe and sound. I didn’t think about the fact that a flight here on a Sunday morning would be filled with screaming kids traveling to Disney World. The stewardess didn’t even ask me to turn off my iPod for takeoff. I took Nightwood with me. It’s the favorite book of one of … <\/p>\n
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