News from Around the World

I was catching up on some back issues of People -- my main source for news and commentary about people finding Jesus whilst fighting for life in Iraq, in a raft off of New England, or beneath an overpass in Chicago -- when I stumbled on a glowing review of Steve Almond's new book The Evil BB Chow and other stories. How cool, I thought, someone who wrote a story about Michael Jackson's dick filling the pages of the magazine versus stories about Michael Jackson's actual dick. Plus, I really liked the book and found the guy to be, well, swell when I met him. Shit, I thought, how many units do you move when you're reviewed in People? So I went to Steve's website to see what was happening on his Tour Diary and found this post: