{"id":273,"date":"2011-08-10T22:44:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T04:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewkarpyshyn.com\/c\/?p=273"},"modified":"2011-08-10T22:47:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T04:47:11","slug":"august-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drewkarpyshyn.com\/c\/?p=273","title":{"rendered":"August 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next update August 24<\/em><\/p>\n

So I just got back from a little vacation to visit family and friends in Canada.<\/p>\n

Took a break from the 100+ heat of Austin, got in some golf, had a good time. But when I get back I find out the country I now live in has been downgraded from triple A to AA+.<\/p>\n

Seriously, if I knew my leaving would reduce the value of America that much I would have cancelled my vacation. Or at least postponed it. But I’m back now, so we can all rest easy. Go ahead – put the AAA rating\u00a0back in place. Please. My retirement fund is begging you.<\/p>\n

Why do I care about a retirement fund, you ask? Because I just turned 40. Yeah, I know I don’t look a day over 38 and a half in the author photo of my books, but that pic is almost 10 years old. So you can imagine what I look like now.<\/p>\n

But I refuse to go gentle into that good night<\/a>. (And everyone says I’m already really good at “raging”.) That’s why I’m still training for the half-marathon in Vegas<\/a> in a desperate attempt to keep my own body from being downgraded from F to RTVSF. (That’s “Fat” to “Reality TV Special Fat”.)<\/p>\n

On happier news,\u00a0I’m going to be at\u00a0New York Comic Con <\/a>in October.\u00a0No details yet, but I’ll probably be doing some panels, some book signings and some promotion for Revan<\/a>, which actually doesn’t come out until November 15. (Though we may be planning\u00a0something special for the NYCC fans tied in with the book. For now, that’s all I can say.)<\/p>\n

Hopefully while I’m there I can snag a ticket to Book of Mormon<\/a>. (After many failed attempts, I’ve finally\u00a0given up trying to get tix for the Daily Show or Colbert Report.) Maybe I can even see a Knicks game at…\u00a0oh, yeah… this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now I’m depressed again. And it’s past\u00a0my bedtime. Gotta get my sleep now that I’m part of the\u00a040-65 demographic.<\/p>\n

Drew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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