Nov 29, 2008

Ming Causes Brouhaha At Book Signing

Ming was conducting a book signing at a local Barnes and Noble last night when some churl asked him to desist. Apparently, the Manager saw no merit in Ming signing books in the aisles at random. Although Ming gave a good account of himself, they got lucky with a well executed headlock and were able to escort Ming from the premises.
Note to readers: Disregard the Dorothy Parker dictum ; Men seldom make passes , At girls who wear glasses". Ming does and a great way to do it is to graciously offer to sign whatever tome resides in their dainty little mitt. Warning: Ming has learned from bitter experience to not sign Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut or other such authors who are widely known to be dead. Also avoid signing copies of The Audacity Of Hope as the author's picture is right on the cover and makes for an all too ready comparison.
After his summary ejection, Ming's next move will be to find a nice white coat and start signing Conditional Response Letters at the FDA. He's on much firmer ground there since he has to know as much about biological therapeutics as they do. Then again, so does everyone else.

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