Yale Record pal Ian writes: "If puppies could speak, I think they would probably talk too fast for us to be able to understand them."
Also, he passed along his list of the Five Worst New Sodas:
1) RC Foam
2) Mostly It's Apple Juice
3) Pepsi Off-White
4) New York City Tap Water-Brand Unflavored Sport Drink
5) Spicy Coke
Ian's a funny man. Why not tell him so yourself?
Barry Trotter (Book 1)
The Hogwash School for Wizards was the most famous school in the wizarding world, and Barry Trotter was its most famous student. His mere presence made sure that every year twenty candidates applied for every open spot, no matter how rapacious Hogwash's tuition became. As a result, Barry and the school had come to an unspoken agreement: regardless of his grades, Barry could remain at Hogwash for as long as he wished. He had just begun his eleventh year...Freshman
Sleepy with boredom and gassy from lunch, Hart Fox sat in the hard plastic chair outside his dean's office. A kid walked in the door, pink detention slip in hand, bobbing his head a little so that the purple spikes of his mohawk didn't get bent on the transom. He slumped down next to Hart. Hart nodded--he remembered tis joker from sophomore American History, constantly arguing in favor of anarcho-syndicalism. Was his name Henry?...Sophomore
Arcing lazily through the air, the Frisbee smacked against the window. “Ooo-oo!” a chiseled and shirtless boy teased as it wobbleplummeted to the ground. “Sarah's in troub-le!”The beauty-boy was righter than he knew: Of all the windows on campus to hit, this one was the worst. It belonged to Stutts’ Professor of Clandestine Affairs, Glenbard North, who had destroyed more students than there were blades of grass on the freshly resodded Old Quad below...Coming Soon!
All you really gotta know is, I'm writing new things constantly and the more I write, the better my books get. So if you've read my earlier work--and millions of you have--we should keep in touch. This fall, at least one and maybe two new books will be available: a Dickens parody AND a comic mystery loosely based on The Beatles. Drop me an email at mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com, and I'll be sure to let you know release dates, special deals, etc.Saturday, November 2, 2002
Friday, November 1, 2002
52 Sincere Tips...
...what an irrepressible lot! Fans of Harry Potter and Leopard Walk Up to Dragon (and who among us isn't one?) will be interested in this article from the Washington Post.
Harry Potter isn't the only one being scammed, apparently; "Who Moved My Cheese?" spawned "Whose Cheese Can I Move?," "I Don't Want to Move Your Cheese!," "Learn to Make Your Own Cheese," "The Philosophy of the Survival of Cheese" and "52 Sincere Tips on the Management of Cheese."
Can Barry be far behind?
Harry Potter isn't the only one being scammed, apparently; "Who Moved My Cheese?" spawned "Whose Cheese Can I Move?," "I Don't Want to Move Your Cheese!," "Learn to Make Your Own Cheese," "The Philosophy of the Survival of Cheese" and "52 Sincere Tips on the Management of Cheese."
Can Barry be far behind?
Something Awful has a nice Photoshop contest this Phriday--always a fan of the "parody breakfast cereals" trope.
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