As some of you know leaving a comment here at One More Bite of the Apple is a chancy thing. Some of you can, some of us cannot. The shotgun guy has no problem. In order to address the problem Booksquare, my web hostess, tells me we’re being upgraded to WordPress 2.0. An even number! That bodes well.
This coincides with a shakeup at the Druidical & Literary. Reporter Geraldo Riviera, who spent time with the Roman invaders, is being tranferred to the Sports desk. His memoir, Tuesdays with Severus Antoninus, is being hailed as a remarkable achievement by the Wellington Leg Intelligencer.
Underwater Service reporter Roger Ramjet will remain near Santa Cruz. Roger will cover the movements of Her Most Catholic Majesty as she and Proconsul Arnold restore order in the Californias.
Finance specialist Donald Thump is on the trail of literary fraud wherever he can find it, although he missed the James Frey story and still believes in JT Leroy. Don will report to Olivia Earthwindandfire currently on leave at Belvedere Castle. We look forward to sporadic weather updates from Olivia and some sort of epiphany from the Donald.
Crime fiction will be reviewed by Earnest and Julio Fallow if they ever show up for work. Of course the entire staff remains devoted to literature however it may be defined, although being forced to read the Earl’s epic Voltaire’s Miasma has created pockets of resentment. Intern Heather DeMedici will continue to run the office and organize the Letters to the Earl, one of our most popular features. Dogsbody Urquhart Depew will deliver the D&L to your doorstep through the Earl’s Own Dialup and Telephony Service.