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Joey got pulled over by La Migra at the Toronto airport on his way to the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. He's a Filipino, had a one-way, cash-bought ticket (it's a long story), and he was, of course, carrying an accordion. The Customs and Immigration guys demanded that he play the squeeze-box. In a moment of great and wondrous clarity, Joey chose his tune:
The Star-Spangled Banner.
They let him into the country.
You know that he's going to be eating out on this story for years. Link Discuss
I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.