I just got back from an LA Press Club event, where I met Geitner Simmons, who proved a very affable and knowledgable gentleman from the Tarheel State, though he's now living in Omaha. He's working on a book on the links between the cultures of the American West and the American South.

I'm flying to Michigan early tomorrow to visit family, so there won't be any free ice cream until Monday. But heck, you don't want any anyway--it's winter time.

Hey Rand. I missed seeing this post until today. Whereabouts in Michigan do you visit? I'm in Grand Rapids. Let me know next time your in the neighborhood and I'll buy you a drink.

I have family and friends in southeastern Michigan. I rarely get to west side of the state.