I'm in a Book! And I didn't know!

[mburbank]

So, I'm at Borders thumbing through a new National Lampoon compilation book, "Not fit for Print" and I'm reading the table of contents to see who's in it, and low and behold, I am.

One of the last things in the book is a piece I sold them a few years back, "What to say to a Complete Stranger While Shovelling Snow." When they bought it they bought serialization rights, so it's not as if they owe me any money.

But crackers! I'd of thunk they'd have given me a heads up, for goodness sakes! So I'm pleased and pissed off at the same time.

I've had my stuff in magazines before, but I have never been in a real live book. Even if it is printed on very crappy paper. I'm in a book that has stuff by PJ Ororke, Michael Odonahugh and Chris Miller. Those are the names of comedy writers I read and admired when I was a lad.