Listen To Me Bust Up Silly Etiquette Conventions On So Cal Public Radio At Around 9:35 AM Pacific Time (SCPR.org)
UPDATE: Here's the direct link. Going on right now, 9:44 a.m. Pacific.

I'm talking about manners and rudeness (and issues specific to LA as well) with the hosts Alex Cohen and A Martinez. The show is "Take Two," and you can listen live at SCPR.org at 9:35 a.m. I'm guessing there will also be a podcast version, which I'll post.

I bust up a few conventions, like the notion that we should only wear white at certain times and tell you the real deal on how to get people texting or talking on their phones in the movie theater. (They know they're being rude and they don't care, so your talking to them probably isn't going to do much, and might even get you stuck with a turkey baster, as happened to a guy who tried to shut up a cell yammerer in an OC movie theater.)

Please pre-order my book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck," if you haven't already!

The book is discounted from the $14.99 retail price to only $9.48 at Amazon and $9.67 at Barnes & Noble.

Come to my book launch party June 3! If you live close to LA, it would be so wonderful to meet some of you, especially longtime blog commenters. There's a book launch party/reading at Diesel Books in Brentwood, at the Brentwood County Mart, on Tuesday, June 3, at 7 p.m.

Come a little early! Wine and snacks will be served (thank you, Gregg!).

Please invite people!

Diesel Books, Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th Street, Suite #33, Santa Monica CA 90402, (310) 576-9960

And in case you aren't sure whether you should attend, my book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck," was deemed one of 11 smart books to read for summer by science writer Sam McNerney at the book site 250 Words.