Bugs should be seen, not heard, and definately not felt crawling up your leg in the middle of the night.

As Eric Idle of Monty Python once sang, "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam..."

He may have been talking about a mystery meat concoction. The spam that haunts me comes in my email dozens of times every day.

Another live segment from Gordon Kirkland's recent appearance at the Alderbrook Resort - a look at some of the stranger parts of being a writer on the road.

I broke my spine in 1990, leaving me with significantly reduced use of my legs. Despite that I have seen a lot of funny moments tied to the disability, especially when it comes to people seeing me with my assistance dog, Tara. This week's podcast was recorded live just last weekend. It's a few minutes of my performance at the Watermark Writer's Conference at The Alderbrook Resort in Washington State.