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« PhiLOLsophers | Main | Life Imitates Comic Book? » Wednesday, September 19, 2007Party with Brainiac's Josh Glenn...tomorrow night! Thursday! I'm celebrating the release of my new book, "Taking Things Seriously," at Pazzo Books in Roslindale. (Pazzo co-owner Tom Nealon is one of the book's contributors.) The event will run from 7 pm until midnight; if you have to get home early, come at 6 pm.  Read all about the book here. Details about the party (and directions) here. PS: Thanks, Boston Phoenix, for promoting the party at Pazzo. Here's what the Phoenix says: One night in the summer of 2000, local architect Henry Scollard spotted a cast-off, robotic-looking hairdryer on Tremont Street. He rescued it from impending junkyard fate because, as he writes in TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY: 75 OBJECTS WITH UNEXPECTED SIGNIFICANCE, "If you're a guy and you see something even vaguely robotic on the street, you don't think; you act." Scollard and his robot will be present at Pazzo Books tonight, along with Taking Things Seriously editor JOSHUA GLENN and a smattering of the book's 73 other contributors, to celebrate Things' release. Glenn, a long-time Globe "Ideas" section columnist and former Hermenaut zine mastermind, conceived the project as a "show-and-tell, or a wonder cabinet" of the everyday things we attach significance to. He encourages partygoers to bring their own objects of unexpected significance, so gather up your weird and your wonderful crap -- after all, everyone loves show-and-tell. Pazzo's at 4268 Washington St, Jamaica Plain. Whoops! Make that: Roslindale.  UPDATE: Thanks, Weekly Dig, for announcing the "Taking Things Seriously" party! UPDATE: A couple of Roslindale's terrific eateries, Sophia's Grotto and Geoffrey's, have donated hors d'oeuvres for the party. And my favorite wine shop, Solera, gave us a nice discount on some wine, too. I [heart] Rozzie Square. Posted by Joshua Glenn at 09:38 AM
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