The Preemption of Surge: Act III (Life in the Strange Lane: A Camera Goes Bad) by the NO LIMITS 12 Hour Read-A-Thon, Part 5 (Read’s)

So far, we’d heard poetry, prose, kid’s lit, letters, songs, picture books translated into words, and … well … the traditional forms of literature. Now, it was time to explore some of that new-fangled stuff … blogs.

Read’s Coffee Shop and Bookstore in right in the heart of downtown Fredericton and the city is wired up wireless to the Internet. It’s called WiFi and it rocks. Free Internet! But, as usually happens, everybody printed out their readings. Next year, we’ll have to introduce a blogging law … laptops and PDAs only.

Dennis was up first with his politically incorrect caveman Ug bloggings.

Several women sitting in the front row listened politely to his sexist rant … and then ate him alive when he finished. One of them remarked, “Hm … tastes like chicken.”

Broken Joe read next … from Broken Joe. At this point, it might be a good idea to click on Broken Joe and take a look at his blog. This is blogging at it’s best.

Sharlene was up next. She was going to read letters from her son in Afghanistan but, at his request, just talked a little about some of the things her son wrote about. However, she did read from a blog written by a Canadian soldier (I’ll be in touch with her over the next day or so and get the url and post it here).

Then, things started to get weird. Jennifer Chiasson became the first person on earth to do a reading of a bookmark in a 12 Hour Read-A-Thon. She read the bookmark for the Maritime Writers’ Workshop and Literary Festival. We all had shivers running up and down our spines. Quiet now … this is Jennifer reading a bookmark …

Next, Greg Cory read a coffee can. Another first. We laughed. We cried. We ordered coffee.

Next: The Grande Finale at Wilser’s