I’m in Asheville today, staying in the same hotel that Ladybug and I like to stay in when she comes to visit me at Warren Wilson. The one with the whirlpool tub, yes. I’m planning to head to campus tomorrow or Wednesday to poke through the library, yes I am. I just sent a long e-mail in response to some questions from my new buddy, who, as near as I can tell from e-mail and our one live meeting, is cooler than your new buddy, blog readers.

This follows a busy weekend in which I spent more time traveling than not traveling, and did not actually get any reading done. I did, however, listen to John Hodgman’s audiobook The Areas of My Expertise. I had never listened to an audiobook before. I found the experience pleasant enough, but I do not wish to listen to further audiobooks, unless they are read by John Hodgman. I think To Kill a Mockingbird would sound very good in his voice. Or Love in the Time of Cholera. But not Dracula.