I'll be a participant in Opium Magazine's Literary Death Match at The Slipper Room tomorrow night at 8 pm. I have no idea what I'll be reading, but I'm sure it will be fantastic and largely stammer-free. The best thing about it, of course, is that I will be away and therefore not obligated to blog until Friday when I've returned to the safe and comfy confines of my blog cave. So you'll have to make do without me until then, pigeons. And if you live in New York, it would be great to see you. Anyone who comes up to me and says they've read my blog will get an officially licensed Utter Wonder hug.