Bart King's Blog, page 225

Swing by the Humane Society for a human.

Know Your Way Around Disney

In 1943, Walt Disney Productions published an employee
handbook titled The Ropes at
Disney . The idea was to guide employees throught the world of Disney
in a fun way. 




And by and large, it's still pretty fun to look at in the 21st
century. For example, check out this map of the production area.






One thing that was not so fun? The best area to hang out was
the Penthouse Roof. But "Men only! Sorry, gals . . ."?! 



Minnie does NOT approve!

See the whole booklet here (via).

"Read a Book Already."

The West Hollywood Book Fair has the best trailer of any literary festival I've seen. (It's this Sunday, BTW!)

Nice Library!

If you're ever in Russia, it's the State Public Historic Library, in Moscow. (By psydivision.)

KidsGuide has my kind of stuff!

KidsGuide has a special issue out devoted to good stuff. This is literally my kind of stuff, as the magazine shares good bits from some of my books. Hit the link above, and if you're in southern California, be sure to pick up an issue!

You know, scooters ARE groovy!

And I really like this 1974 book's cover. (Via.)

Wordloaf Literary Conference

The Simpsons often has terrific literary references. Take this one, which manages to mock literary festivals like Portland's own Wordstock AND author Philip Roth!

See a writer in his unnatural habitat!

Over here is a story in the Oregonian about my upcoming writing gig in the window of a bookstore. Check it!

I guess that's sort of a good reason.

From here.

One tough water balloon.

The acoustic music lends this water balloon video a lovely quality.