Authors, Appearances, Anxiety, and Dropping One's Pants

I'm annoyed that my voice recognition software recognizes Ludwig Wittgenstein on the first try but doesn't recognize Miss Marple . Humph . (To be fair, it doesn't recognize Lord Peter Wimsey , either. But nor does it recognize Luce Irigaray . But it recognizes Jo March . But not Gilbert Blythe . AARGHHH!) (Incidentally, my favorite VRS kerfuffle recently was when I dictated, "He dropped his pen suddenly and stood with eyes closed, massaging his hand," and my computer wrote, "He dropped his pants suddenly and stood with eyes closed, massaging his hand.") So, I leave for Vail on Wednesday, followed by many cities in a short amount of time, and since I've never done a tour before, I'm not sure how much blogging time I'll have. Don't be surprised if you don't hear from me regularly for the next few weeks. (The tour ends October 15.) There's an FAQ about being an introvert and dealing with appearance anxiety that I've been