Who says young people aren't readers?

Evidence to the contrary:

( NSFW. So NSFW. Crass. Crude. Catchy. )

With a tip o'the link hat to willshetterly and Neil Gaiman

Australia comes to me, part 1

I arrived back home last night after a quick overnight jaunt to debgeisler and benveniste's home where I took advantage of their FIOS connection to ftp 3 gigs of data to Hong Kong for a large book project John D. Berry and I just had the pleasure of finishing for Ellen Franklin.

A voice mail message from Jan Motyka, the Best Postmaster in the World, let me know a large package had arrived for me from Australia, and that it needed my signature.

The article I linked to for Jan profiles 3 women in the area in unconventional jobs. As Jan said, she's not sure why she was chosen; "historically, the job of being a female Postmaster is not that uncommon."

All I can say is that Jan Motyka is great at it. She welcomed me to Wales even before I moved here, and is absolutely marvelous not just at being a friendly, familiar face when I go in to ask for my mail to be held, but also at knowing and explaining various obscure postal services I sometimes need, managing the challenges inherent in the Postmaster job (especially in a small town where resources are thin), and taking those extra steps like calling to let me know about packages from Australia. I'm glad to see her get the publicity and recognition in the local press. And, hey, it's a nice picture, too.