You can always count on McSweeneys for something slightly odd -- how about Steve Caldes' Proustian musing over the assembly instructions for his new IKEA desk? Scroll down past the advert for a panel discussion this Sunday...IN SAN FRANCISCO...with three of my favorite writers (Dave Eggers, Michael Chabon & Michelle Tea -- a Chelsea MA native!) on "Writing Your First Novel." Why does it have to be there and then? Whyyyyyyyyyy???!?!? >:-(