Salon of Shame: The Pros and Cons of Being Anne Frank

Just back from the Salon of Shame, where Seattleites read their middle-school diaries, high-school poetry, unsent letters, and other horribly shameful adolescent writing. It's hilarious. It's oddly touching. It's bloody brilliant is what it is.

Tonight's final reader presented her fifth-grade book report: Why it's good AND bad to be Anne Frank.

Cons of being Anne Frank:

• You don't get to go outside very much
• Not much food
• You don't have any friends except Peter

Pros of being Anne Frank:

• The attic is very private
• Finally getting a boyfriend
• The view is great, except when there are battles.