I didn't miss The Voice... and I don't mean to sound overly harsh- it's a damn good read. I'm just obligated to offer my honest feedback on both positive and negative points...

BTW- I think I passed by somebody you may know the other day. I was walking down a street and passed a group of people and one of them was talking to the others. As I passed them I heard him say something like "see, in Bizarro terms..." or something like that. He was kind of a stocky guy with a shaved head or very short haircut and a bushy beard that went from one ear to the next- kind of a scraggley yet curly affair...

No, thank you. I'm just surprised that there were STILL errors in this one. If it weren't for the bushy beard, I'd say it was probably Carlton Mellick, who has some epic sideburns. But, I don't know, he might be growing a beard for next year's Beardzarrocon challenge. My beard, Aubrey Beardsley's growing in pretty well, but I'm sure there will be some stiff competion. Especially if my girlfriend decides I've gone too far and the beard has to go. Which is not altogether unlikely.

I only got a glimpse of him, so maybe it was only sideburns!

That's likely. You'll probably see them around a lot. Cameron Pierce spent almost all of last weekend hanging out at Voodoo Donuts working on his next novella.