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Stalked by the Pillsbury Doughboy

I was standing at the John Wiley & Sons booth, waiting for the estimable Jim Lichtenberg to meet me for lunch, an 8-foot-tall Pillsbury Doughboy sneaked up behind me. I say "sneaked" because the ambient sound of Trade Show Air is much like that of an airplane without the noise reduction headphones.

The Doughboy loomed.

The Doughboy gesticulated.

The Doughboy did everything but tap me on the shoulder or yell, "HEY YOU!" - which, I suppose, doughboys do not do. At least, not doughboys who want to get paid.

I amused myself by not responding to this particular Doughboy, moving around, then turning my back on him, then staring him blankly in the face, and in general pushing him to his absolute limit in trying to get me to poke him in the belly without actually asking me to. Mercifully, Jim arrived and rescued the situation from getting too ugly. Biscuits at 11.

The fact that this is what I am blogging about is an indication of the excitement level of this particular BEA. Last year, of course, we were spoiled by the excitement of Google Print - this year, we had...BookSurge. (Oh boy!)

So...no controversy, much ISBN-13, a little GDSN - and so we look forward to next year. A little calm between storms is probably a good thing.

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Posted by Laura Dawson , May 22, 06, 9:00 PM , comments(0) , permalink , Email this post
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