Friday, March 23, 2007

Laura Lippman Appreciation Day!

From Jim Winter at Northcoast Exile:

Laura Lippman Appreciation Day

Whereas Laura Lippman has graced the mystery community with superior writing lo these past ten years...

Whereas Laura has been a friend, even a big sister, to many a writer starting out...

Whereas most of us will never be that good, but we'll be better for trying...

Whereas she married the guy behind the coolest show on television...

Whereas she has made it to #11 on the New York Times Bestseller List, tying with Mitch "Five People You Buy Lattes With Morrie Tuesdays at Starbucks" Albom...

By the power vested in me by no one in particular, though I did once beat Lord Voldemort in a clearly rigged game of Rock Paper Scissors, I do hereby declare this Twenty-third day of March, 2007 AD to be...

LAURA LIPPMAN APPRECIATION DAY

So help me dog


*STANDING ON CHAIR, APPLAUDING AND WHISTLING*

Hear, hear, and huzzah!

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