SMILE, HON editor, contributors on tonight's edition of THE INDIEBOOKMAN RADIO SHOW!

BALTIMORE, Md. – Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! Editor William P. Tandy joins host Brad Grochowski for tonight's edition of The Indie Bookman Radio Show to discuss Waste, the latest theme issue in the award-winning Smile, Hon series. Waste contributors J. Gavin Heck, Alex Hewett and Fernando Quijano III will also be on hand to read their work. The Indie Bookman Radio Show kicks off at 8:00 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at www.umbrellaradio.org.

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In related news, Smile, Hon contributor Davida Gypsy Breier announces a fund-raising effort to benefit the Key West Wildlife Rescue in advance of any oil from the blowout in the Gulf of Mexico reaching the shores of the Florida Keys. For a donation of $25, you will receive a signed 5"x7" print (or 8"x10", for donations of $35 or more) from this or any of Davida’s other Flickr photo sets. For further details, contact Davida@leekinginc.com.

The Key West Wildlife Rescue is currently gearing up to deal with wildlife affected by the oil. To aid its efforts, please consider a direct donation of any of these items.


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Two Days in Cayo Hueso

I spent this past weekend in Key West, Florida, and in the course of two-and-a-half days there I a) saw actressKelly McGillis (who, I might note, looks much better in person than she does in her more recent made-for-SyFy flicks) at a drag show, b) drank with the forensic artist for the sheriff's department of a major Florida county, and c) swam with a shark for the first time in my life.

I can only imagine what could be seen or done there with an entire week...

Womenfest Key West

Less than 24 hours ago, I learned that I will be staying in Key West the weekend of the lesbian-centric Womenfest. I can only hope that the town will be overrun by cool lesbians of the gun-slinging, Swayze-quoting variety, and not just a bunch of sexless birdwatchers.

Sadly, though, I will arrive too late to attend the Womenfest luncheon honoring Kelly McGillis: