Ladies and Gentlemen, The Trees Have Officially Died

A little housekeeping, if I may...

Some of you have been kind enough to pre-order "Mr. Irresponsible's Bad Advice," and impatient enough to ask me where the hell it's been. There's one neighbor I've actually had to start avoiding when I'm out walking my Wolfhounds Hans and Betty, because he's started to get this look in his eye that suggests the whole listing-on-Amazon thing has been an elaborate scam to separate him from $10.36. This is absurd, of course, because $10.36 is a ludicrously small amount for even the most inept bunco artist to try to score from a mark. I mean, come on, $10.36... ? What's that, a couple of lattes and a New York Times? Holy cow, what a bargain this book is, anyway!

Oh, right. The point: Pre-orders should begin shipping from Amazon and other online booksellers next week. If bricks and mortar are your thing, please check your neighborhood bookstore, where copies should be available starting about a week after that. And thanks for your gullibility patience.