Noble Pen Meeting

April 22nd, 2010
Happy Chef, 1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

Bill: The only true knowledge is knowing that you know nothing.
Ted: Dude, that’s us!
– Bill and Ted’s Excellant Adventure

We thought something would happen.
We thought something would happen… something…
Rock ‘n Roll was played for the first time in Public Middle School #4. But…
Not a damn thing happened…
– 20th Century Boys

Victories

Christine was accepted into the 8-week Iowa Writer’s Workshop summer class with James Alan McPherson, who is not the James McPerson who writes books about the civil war but the James McPherson known for fiction short stories. It is unknown whether he invented the McPherson strut, defined as a stiff but sexy gait and not to be confused with the MacPherson strut, a type of car suspension which uses the axis of a telescopic damper as the upper steering pivot.

News

In seismic news, a volcano limited New York’s access to the London Book Fair.

Carlisle Cullen is the richest fictional man alive. I guess Scrooge McDuck just doesn’t have the clout he used to.

In a head-scratching mood, The Library of Congress has announced plans to achieve every Twitter message. So soon, the Library of Congress with have a picture of Danny Devito shirtless.

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