Congrats to Sheila for her four photo spread in the pulp version of today’s New York Times.

The article is here and the nine photo multimedia slide show is here. This after her first hit in the New Yorker. Looks like someone forgot to tell her she is still in school.

© 2007. Sheila Griffin.

My friend Lauren is a very talented graphic designer so I was thrilled when she decided to sell her gift cards on Etsy this year.

She is selling three different sets: One for Hannukah (named We Get Eight Nights), one tracking the lyrics to The Twelve Days of Christmas (my favorite) and a holiday collection.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Congrats to Sheila who got one of her photos published today! Not to shabby She, getting a full page in the New Yorker as one of your first photo credits…

Photograph: Sheila Griffin (2005)

My Friend Paul Rieckhoff will be reading from his new book Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier’s Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington on Tuesday, Aug 22 at 7:00PM at The Strand in Manhattan. Paul is a veteran of the Iraq war and Executive Director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).

Paul is as smart as they come and engaging speaker. You can see his recent appearances on Colbert Report, Fox News, and MSNBC’s Hardball.

This promises to be an insightful event and, if I know Paul, there will be a lively discussion following the reading.

The first person to tell Paul the name of the current Secretary of the VA will win a free signed copy of the book.