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May 14, 2003:

THE BODY SHOP

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Well, dear readers, yesterday I had a lovely lunch with the lovely Kevin Chamberlin, who will be doing a lovely Unseemly Interview very soon. I then took my lovely car and went to the insurance company’s body shop where they gave me an estimate – I can now take the car to the body shop I went to originally or the insurance company body shop. Funnily, my body shop’s estimate was about six hundred dollars less than the lady who hit my car’s insurance company’s body shop. I shall decide within the hour and then take the car in and then get a rental car which I shall then drive for the next five days. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?

For those who may have missed my post yesterday, I received the sample hardcover of Kritzerland yesterday, it looked great, and I placed my order. They’re going to try to hurry it along but at the most it should take about ten business days to reach me, and then your copies will be whisked to you in short order. Now, here’s the thing – the books are costing me more this time around and so unfortunately I’m going to have to raise the price here (it will still be less than amazon or barnesandnoble, and, of course, it will be signed and, of course, you’ll eventually get the limited edition CD with it) – so, if you haven’t ordered it yet and you’d like to, I will leave the price where it is until next Monday. Otherwise it’s going to go up two dollars. I don’t like having to do it, but they really are charging me two dollars more so I have no choice. Blame it on the publishers, blame it on Rio, blame it on the Bossa Nova, put the blame on Mame, but don’t blame me.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I’ve got to make the body shop decision and get my car over there in a thrice.

I haven’t really mentioned it, but I silently went back on the Eileen and Chet Atkins diet a couple of months ago and I have since lost fifteen count them fifteen pounds. That’s lovely, but the infuriating thing about this diet is that you can lose that kind of weight and then go three weeks without losing another pound, even though you are being totally strict. I’ve been getting exercise and doing all the right things, yet I remain stuck at fifteen pounds. I want to lose another ten at least and hopefully at some point I will because I am getting weary of being strict with no results. For example, today I am so annoyed that I want to go to Gelson’s and buy a Parisienne cake and eat the entire thing. I shall try not to but that is what I’m in the mood to do. I’ll keep you posted.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must choose a body shop, I must go to the body shop, I must get a rental car and then I must do other various and sundried things. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask your excellent questions. So, ask away, my pretties, and also feel free to discuss whatever other fershluganah topics that come to mind.

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