See the comments section of The Passage posting. My FB friend Richard and I talk about the Oklahoma problems in the book:

http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2010/09/07/what-am-i/

1. Picher has been an under-reported story in this nation. Oh, we hear something every once in a while, but nothing like we heard with Love Canal. The Wired article is a very interesting take on the issue.

2. I don’t follow MLB, unless it’s the World Series, and the Yankees are not playing, and it’s a team I can get behind, like the St. Louis Cardinals.

3. I’ve registered and my hotel room is booked for the Celebration of Books. Especially looking forward to hearing Michael Cunningham speak.

4. Hughes’ post gave me a good chuckle. If I had an e-reader, I’d like to see ads for speed reading courses.

Really, though, this post made me think back to my Agatha Christi reading days. All of those Pocket Book editions were filled with ads at the back for other mysery novels. So I guess I wouldn’t mind some reader advisory-type ads. “If you liked this book, well buddy, here’s a novel you’re just gonna love!”

I’m reading “The Passage” by James Cronin, and I think the Oklahoma Tourism Department could advertise in that “book.” The novel’s good, but Cronin gets the Oklahoma parts all wrong!

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_madmaxtown/

OK, got to go get ready for the Apple Product Launch with Mr. Jobs. Ain’t goin’, just followin’ the blog.