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Benjamin Parzybok —
November 20th, 2009 — black magic insurance agency, writing
I had a blast tonight.
If you’ve found yourself here late in the night of Nov. 20th or early morning Nov. 21st, it’s likely because you found yourself involved in my little after-hours texting thing.
Thanks again for playing along.

For fun – I’ll try to post a few stats here on after-hour participation, if I have them.
Benjamin Parzybok —
February 19th, 2009 — Small Beer Press, black magic insurance agency, fiction, reading
Today is launch day for a book I’ve been quite excited to read — written by friend (and editor!) Jedediah Berry (seen looking entirely the wrong direction in this photo):

There are a number of reasons why this promises to be a most excellent book, not the least of which is: the lead character is a bicyclist who rides with his umbrella! While Jed lives in Northampton, this book was obviously written for bikey, rainy Portland.
Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief said:
“Jedediah Berry knows magic. The Manual of Detection combines the intricacy and thoughtfulness of Borges and Kafka with the page-turning excitement of a detective thriller. . . . It made me laugh, thrill, think, and wonder.”
This book might be extremely important reading in case you accidentally find yourself a detective in a complex mystery. (no affiliation!)
There is a great website for the book (www.manualofdetection.com) built by the same guy who does a ton of great websites for books - Jefferson Rabb.
A publisher who did not publish the book, the curiously named ‘Small Beer Press‘ – is hosting a mystery contest to win signed copies of the book. I’ll be picking mine up tonight at Powell’s Books (I’m going to see TC Boyle read – see you there?). Here’s The Manual of Detection at Powell’s.
Best of luck, Jed!
Benjamin Parzybok —
December 5th, 2008 — black magic insurance agency, brains
In case you can’t read it, it says:
Together, we can
Cure Confusion

wtf? I think you mean ‘spread’, not ‘cure’. This seems more like an ad that the Black Magic Insurance Agency would run rather than a health insurance provider.