BOOK TOUR UPDATE
I don't know how anybody sleeps in midtown Manhattan. I can get used to the taxi drivers honking their horns, which they do whenever the encounter an emergency situation, such as another vehicle. But I cannot adjust to the Mystery Loud Noises that always happen right outside my hotel room. Last night it sounded like they were feeding dump trucks through a wood chipper. I don't know why this has to be done at night, but it never fails. There are burly workmen out there, and at some point they check their watches and say, "It's 2 a.m.! Time to fire up the wood chipper!"
Other than that, things are going fine. If you see me out there, please wake me up and say hi.
well, it's good to know Dave is "awake" sort of, in plenty of time to make his appearance on The Today Show.
which, by the way, just ran a "teaser" on our local network affiliate (i'm not getting paid to shill for NBC so i am not gonna mention which netwo...oh crap)that included Big Ben and a Biggest Loser winner, but no mention of Dave.
sure hope he doesn't fall asleep in the "green room"
Posted by: rickh | January 18, 2006 at 06:58 AM
welcome to NOO YAWK. they do mean it when they say the city that doesnt sleep. gonna miss your today show appearance - i gotta go to work. i will be in transit, which in albany is about 15 minutes. my other new york city expatriate friends call it getting stuck in 'rush minute'. maybe they will show it on the web-feed later and i can watch. rock on dave. and have some coffee.
Posted by: queensbee | January 18, 2006 at 07:50 AM
They say never go on after a dog or a kiddie act--poor Dave--he has to follow the "I want to play a dead guy on TV".
vch
Posted by: Valerie H | January 18, 2006 at 07:50 AM
Welcome back to the Hotel Schmennsylvania, Dave.
Posted by: Capt. Pike | January 18, 2006 at 07:53 AM
Jeezly, Dave ... if you can't sleep, there must be something on TV ... they've got some interesting (?) stuff on the tube out here in SoCal ... @ 3 a.m. ... when I awaken from falling asleep before even thinking of going to bed for real ... after a hard day of not signing books ... that I haven't written ...
Yeah ... interesting stuff on TV ... I'm thinkin' they've got even more channels there than here, 'cuz I doubt that you're staying in one that fits the profile of my "home away from home" ... and I bet there's even a mint on the pillow, eh?
Mebbe -- no -- prolly even a fridge ... with beer in it ... and ... ? Well, am I close?
Posted by: U.O | January 18, 2006 at 08:10 AM
Dave - You're probably better off not sleeping anyway, considering the exploding bedbug problem in Manhattan. No, I don't mean the bedbugs are actually exploding, though we know that would intrigue you.
Posted by: Blue Meanie | January 18, 2006 at 08:20 AM
Grrr! If they'd set up the cable one day earlier, I could've Tivoed Dave.
Posted by: Bumble | January 18, 2006 at 08:23 AM
Dave, Katy wants you!
Posted by: PaulG | January 18, 2006 at 08:45 AM
Paul G
i definItely got that impression myself.
go for it Dave?
Posted by: rickh | January 18, 2006 at 08:48 AM
Like you, Dave, I also seem to get the room next to the dumpster.
Posted by: John | January 18, 2006 at 08:48 AM
"Well the stations up here, they don't sign off with Dixie!" - H. Williams, Jr.
Hell, they don't sign off at all!
Posted by: pogo | January 18, 2006 at 08:48 AM
New York City's slogan "The City That Never Sleeps" isn't just a boast; we really can't sleep. Ever. Somebody help us, please! And, for the love of God, stop opening Starbucks outlets within sight of each other.
Posted by: Lairbo | January 18, 2006 at 09:10 AM
Dave, I got the book, and read half of it last night. I have to admit you're right... I am in fact, a stupid idiot. *snork*
Posted by: DDi | January 18, 2006 at 09:21 AM
Dave, see if those sounds match any of these things being shredded.
Posted by: MOTW | January 18, 2006 at 09:37 AM
Hey Dave.. I can't hear you over the din. Could you speak up a bit?
Posted by: Somewhere North | January 18, 2006 at 09:45 AM
Not so much in midtown Manhattan, but at this time of year, some New York City neighborhoods -- and they know who they are -- set up woodchippers the vaporize discarded Christmas trees. It's a little startling to come across and my first thought is always that scene from Fargo. I don't know what they do with the wood chips; use them in tickertape parades for people we don't like, I guess.
Posted by: Lairbo | January 18, 2006 at 09:54 AM
Dave - if you're reading this, the "comments" on the "Ann Curry saliva" post do not come up, which is probably why there are no comments.
*wide-eyed look*
Posted by: Eleanor | January 18, 2006 at 10:05 AM
Dave -
re my previous post:
never mind.
Posted by: Eleanor | January 18, 2006 at 10:07 AM
MOTW - Way to pull that one out of the archives!
Posted by: Brainy Jello | January 18, 2006 at 12:26 PM