Mark and Linette have paid [undisclosed amount] for the exclusive rights to the story of my California trip. I'm honored to be the first recipient of the Crimewave Art & Culture grant, though I believe the best possible use of the money will have nothing to do with either. Mark also paid for dinner, which was very nice, and very expensive. The guilt will be enough to write a fabulous article.



Billy is still working on packing up his stuff. All those white boxes are just comic books. He still has a crapload of stuff in his room, and just 5 days to get the rest of it into corrugated cardboard. I'm not too concerned though. I'm sure he'll get it done in time. He said most of his packing has to be done by himself, so I can't really help him with anything at this point.

What happened to everybody? Am I the only one posting on this website anymore? We're not going to be able to hold our audience for much longer. I'm adding one more picture to this several picture post. Joe's parents gave me a hundred bucks for the trip. They were extremely generous, so here's a nice picture of me with them. I'm sending them a thank you note from California when I get there.



Everyone, please keep reading and I promise I'll kick everyone in the butt for not posting for so long. If any more problems come up, I can deal with them in a timely fashion. I forgot, my boss gave me fifty bucks too, but I don't have a picture of him.