« Older but Wiser (Us vs. Them, Part II) | Main | Nor Do I Eat the Woolly Lunch In Its Lair »

Tonstant Weader Fwowed Up

It's a terrific bookstore, but does anybody else occasionally find PowellsBooks.news to be just a shade too twee? I understand, it's part of the whole bookish slightly but not requiring medication eccentric giving your computer a name kind of air, but this is just a trifle too too:

An errant Wiffle ball rolls onto the stage; the newsletter umpire calls time. Text will resume as soon as conditions permit.

If anything needs a genug, kitty, this does.

Posted by John on May 15, 2002 1:22 PM |

Comments

Silly me for being a Portlander for whom the notion of browsing the Powell's Books website never occurred. Then again, I've never been one for lit-ra-ture, tending to prefer cheesy SF/F product.

You're right, though. Somebody's trying way too freakin' hard. "Oh yes, sir, you're tres clever."

Posted by: GreyDuck | May 15, 2002 2:04 PM