Comments on: Friday Happy Hour: What’s in Your Wallet?

By: Stina

Stina — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:42:14 +0000

4. DAVID SEDARIS! one of the best moments of my life! i went to one of his readings which was followed by a book signing. during the reading he mentioned he had a book of christmas stories that featured one of his short stories, BUT it was all in german. half-jokingly he said “if anybody here can speak fluent german, just come to the front of the book signing line after the reading.” when he said that i nearly peed my pants with excitement, because i actually know german fluently! afterwards i got to go straight to the front of the huge line and he gave me the book (after i read some aloud to prove my skills). he signed it and included his favorite german word “kaiserschnitt” which mean c-section. the whole experience was definitely the single greatest thing that has ever happened to me as a result of knowing german. the 6+ years i spent learning the language were not wasted!

By: Alf Atkins

Alf Atkins — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:09:05 +0000

1. A 10 year old NY Metro card (I live in the UK and NEVER been to NY, not sure why its there!
2. My brother lives in Norway so we always send stupid stuff to each other. Last month I went to my mums for tea, and we plated up an entire sunday lunch (Roast lamb, yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, gravy the works, covered it all in a mile of cling film and posted it to him as a joke. Yesterday I got the plate back, dirty, with a note saying “its your turn to wash up” on it! Made me chuckle all day!
3. I would leave work a selection of my underpants, just to confuse/annoy the HR people!
4. Went to Star Wars expo in London a few years ago, and Peter Mayhew was there signing, but I missed him, HOWEVER I saw him outside having a cig, and I went up to him, introduced myself, told him how awesome he was, he said thanks, shook my hand, I said ‘your hands massive’ and ran off giggling like a school girl (I was 31 at the time!)

By: Janel

Janel — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:17:15 +0000

1. I the oldest thing in my wallet is my library card. Had it for 20 years baby! The weirest thing in my wallet is my license to kill. I had a friend who decided to make them up a few years ago, and I still have mine.

2. I think it was probably a letter I got from my brother about 6 months ago. Yeah, an actual LETTER. Or the notice I got last month that I was not qualified to be a juror in the county where I no longer lived.

4. I had Orson Scott Card sign… I don’t remember what. It was pretty cool. My mom and his wife were best friends growing up, and she was there, so they just sat and talked and talked.

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:28:38 +0000

1a) weirdest-The hands for Polish Rummy on a laminated card. I was spending most Wednesday nights playing cards with family and we always lost the list of what’s next. I also keep a quarter (for the winner) and a nickle (for the highest single hand score) with it.

1b) oldest-A picture of my dog. Not the most recent one, the one before that.

2) Just boring mail for the most part. The occasional free sample makes my day.

3) I save the blank bottoms of memos then fold and cut them into snowflakes. My desk and wall were covered last year and I have more to add. The company is welcome to them. It was there paper and time after all.

4) Terry Pratchett when “Wee Free Men” came out. I had to rush through an exam to get there but it was well worth it. He was a pleasure to listen to and very gracious when signing my book, even though I was towards the end of a considerable line. “Crivens!”

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:20:03 +0000

Seeing those ‘Alton Brown’ comments reminds me that I should have found someone willing to drive to Durham, NC so I could’ve seen the god that is Tony Bourdain (the other god being Marco Pierre White, but he hasn’t been here)

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:12:56 +0000

Re. #1: In my rainbow wallet, I keep my Metro ticket from the Inauguration, which has President Obama’s picture on it, in the clear ID part. I always hope someone will find my wallet somewhere and think, “Oh my gosh! I found the president’s wallet! By why is it rainbow and why are there gift cards to all these teenager stores?”

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:04:15 +0000

Book signing? (And author’s talk/read, as well)… Yes, WILLIAM STYRON, late 1980s at my college (roomie accompanied me for safety as it was @ night across campus but chose to ‘wait in lobby’ with her usual reading material of Piers Anthony. This was cool, even though when I purchased ‘Sophie’s Choice’ just to get an autograph, he had to use HIS pen!

We didn’t get another ‘famous’ author until this year, and in fact his event was rescheduled due to an ice storm but was REALLY great! JOHN IRVING… great storyteller.

I only hope I don’t have to wait another 20 yrs. The one person we had, that I regret not staying for, was *actor* ELI WALLACH. I had a just arrived relative who was tired and hungry and didn’t want to stay. It would’ve been as close to ‘Inside the
Actor’s Studio’ as I would’ve gotten. Oh, and maybe I should’ve paid the extra fee for the ‘Meet and Greet’ post-concert w/ Mandy Patinkin…

By: Anaximander

Anaximander — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:47:10 +0000

I went to what is purported to be Douglas Coupland’s last reading (He hates them, apparently) and got several books signed, including one in which the main character and I share several attributes. I’ve got a photo somewhere of him & I, and he gushed over my sharpie for about ten minutes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eilonwynn/1471110008/

By: Monica

Monica — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:40:09 +0000

I have a CVS card in my wallet, and I haven’t shopped at one in over 3 years.
I gave my father a $1 bill when I was around 5 and he still has it in his wallet.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:39:51 +0000

I went to a book signing of Dave Berry and Ridley Person. It was for the first Peter prequal book. It took place at Walt Disney World in the Contemporary hotel. Boy do they go out for the theming. There was a pirate ship in the hotel with all kinds of Pirate and Peter Pan music.