The family got together for Easter. I would have liked to sleep in, but breakfast was scheduled for 8:30 sharp. As it was my brother still had to awaken me.
After breakfast–waffles and scrapple–I went back to bed. The family went off to church. The tradition the last few years has been to dress up for pictures as though I’d gone to church with the rest of the family. I slept for another hour, then woke, listened to NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” and got dressed in shirt, tie, and sport coat. Only when tying the tie did I realize I hadn’t shaved since Wednesday and my face with the living visage of a scruffy looking nerf herder. So I undressed, shaved, and by then the family had returned, and we took the traditional Easter family photos.
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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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