Ok…I’m still sick, although it seems to be getting a little better. I’ve got a bunch of work to do today and won’t be here terribly much so I’ll compile a few things into one post and have done with it.

The Laureate election continues to be a tight race. Right now, I’m up by some 20 votes or so over Rob McLennan. That’s not enough of a margin if there’s a big push at the end. Every vote counts in an election this silly!

So once again (and for the last time — I’ll not mention it again until the final tally’s done) here’s the link.

http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/bloggingpoetcom/category/poet-laureate-of-the-blogosphere

Spread it around, send your friends to vote, etc., etc. The larger the margin of victory, the more dramatic and heartbreaking it’ll be when I renege on all my campaign promises. Hey, I am an American, right?

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GotPoetry Live tonight is our monthly Poetry and Music night. I’ll be hosting with a separate mic so no one will catch the creeping crud I’ve got. Sharon Wolfenbarger is our feature, Faro will be crunching out the tasty bass, and who knows what else will be cooking?

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Next Tuesday Duende will be doing the full “Americanized” show for the first time in NYC! We’ll be at the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 the Bowery, at 7:30 (in the time slot where it’s usually the Urbana Slam). Come down if you’re in town and we’ll help stir shit up.

We’re hoping for a large turnout. Please come if you can! We’ll have the merchandise and everything, and we’d love to see you.

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OK, enough. I’m going back to bed for a while to rest up for tonight.