Weekly Dig Says I'm "Funny"; Singles Out Alito Painting for Praise

Boston's Weekly Dig has a nice announcement for my reading tonight at the Brookline Booksmith (7pm), in which they say that I'm "funny."  Thanks, Dig.  The best part of the announcement, though, is when it says that "some of the best stuff (ahem, hand-painted oil portrait of Justice Samuel Alito with a green bunny on his shoulder) can only be found on the book's website, holyhullabaloos.com."  I'm psyched that someone has singled out the painting, which I included in the first draft of the book but which lasted probably around 3 seconds of editing from my skillful (and wise) editors.  There's a bit of irony, however, in the Dig's pointing out my painting, because I've several times sent the art editor there some examples of my "work" (like my "I am a doofus Pear") in hopes he might feature a painting on the cover (the Dig has great and crazy art on its cover every week, and I've always thought my stuff would fit right in), but I've never heard back.  If you've changed your mind, Dig, please email me!

You can see the Alito painting in person tonight at the reading, so please come and bring relatives, friends, and confused people you see wandering around the street.  Thanks!