Photos From My Pocketvault.

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There comes a time when we all must sync our iPhones. Try it some time. You never know what’s in them.

Like unlocking a tiny vault, I had the pleasure of discovering some valuable pics from the Nebraska Book Festival in Lincoln at which I read excerpts from Thirteen Cats LaVelle. Many thanks to Mary Jo Ryan and the rest of the crew at the Nebraska Center for the Book for hosting the event. I met scores of interesting people and some very talented writers. And a special thanks to those of you who made it all the way to Lincoln for the show. Tornados were imminent.


Our accommodations at the Element Hotel in Omaha. My sister, Caitlin, reads the itinerary. Jen’s foot graces the foreground.


Thirteen Cats LaVelle spotted at the bookstore at the Nebraska Historical Society, first ever brick and mortar appearance.


The actual reading. A dozen or so mildly impressed people in attendance. One to one family-to-stranger ratio.


An actual signing.


My Aunt and Uncle from Lincoln were able to stop by. They gave me an incredible 13CL-related gift to be shared on this website at a later date. Thank you, Dennis and Sharon.

Jen shot video on the iPhone but the audio is so terrible that I chose not to share it here. That, and I’m a self conscious about how my voice goes up an octave when I talk in front of groups.

Again, stay tuned for incredible content from Dennis and Sharon.

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Nebraska Book Festival, Raw!

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Tomorrow I embark on a public speaking adventure. The Nebraska Book Festival has invited me to read from my 2010 work, Thirteen Cats LaVelle. The schedule has me speaking opposite a gentleman named Ted Kooser, two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner. In the Midwestern book festival world, I would guess that Mr. Kooser has a Jagger-like following. Needless to say, there will be a few open seats at my reading space down the hall from the auditorium if you happen to be anywhere near the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln at 3:30 tomorrow. Just saying.

Nebraska Book Festival Speakers

And if you can’t make it but would still like to be entertained by cats and things having to do with cats, you can either read my book or watch the latest piece of cat-tainment to bless our monitor weary eyes:

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the3six5 Project: my fifteen minutes lasts 24 hours

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the3six5 is a crowdsourced lifestreaming project curated by Len Kendall and Daniel Honigman out of Chicago. The idea is simple: 365 days, 365 authors, 365 words. The endeavor is on its second year and has been getting a healthy amount of buzz as of late, due mostly in part their panel discussion at SXSW (if you’re on twitter, follow them @the3six5).

I had the honor of being this year’s Mr. March 23rd, enjoy:

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Reading at the Nebraska Book Festival

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I’m ridiculously pleased to announce that Thirteen Cats LaVelle will finally be getting a little regional play. On May 21st, I’ll be doing a reading at the Nebraska Book Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Nebraska Center for the Book invited me just yesterday. That gives me nine weeks establish a lucky pair of underwear. As of now, this will be the first time I read in front of a group of real, living people. I’m trying to nail down a couple tune-up readings at the Illinois State Penitentiary, Johnny Cash style.

Details to follow.

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Cats with thumbs and other inevitable evolutionary leaps

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If you’ve seen this Cravendale Milk commercial then you know about the scary reality we face: cats with thumbs. That means they pretty much have hands – hands with which open their own Fancy Feast, throw rocks and dial a telephone (pushbutton or rotary). It’s only a matter of time before they develop cognition. Imagine cats taking chemistry and running for public office. You laugh now, but according to this commercial, they just leapfrogged lemurs.

Watch your back, hairless apes. The dawn of cat is upon us. I just hope they never learn to read.

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This is why cats die

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For amazing survivalists, cats sure do like to look death squarely in the face. Watch this one get up in the grill of not one, but two alligators to protect their human brood. Luckily, his heroics paid off. But what happens when the alligators come back with more friends? I hope the cat has the good sense to climb a tree.

What doesn’t make much sense to me are the human children that are standing around within striking distance. Where are the parents? Oh yeah, that’s right, they’re busy videotaping the entire thing.

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In Good Company

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On Amazon.com, somewhere between The Holy Bible and It’s a Shore Thing by Snooki, you’ll find a book called Thirteen Cats LaVelle, by me. The print edition is finally available at everyone’s most trusted online retailer. With one-click shopping, there’s no excuse not to read this year’s most important comedic cat memoir. That is, until Snooki decides to write one.

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