Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Almost Famous

A couple months ago, I read an interesting article in Wired. The author’s email address was at the end of the article and I did what I usually never do; I wrote him a little note, telling him that I enjoyed his article. We enchanged a couple more emails and we both expressed our opinions on stem cell research. Someone at Wired emailed me a week or so later and asked if they could use a part of our correspondence as a Letter to the Editor. I said, “Why not?” and promptly forgot about it. And then my copy of Wired came today.

Hey look, I’m in a magazine. And they even kept my trademark rhetorical device: “trademark a word or phrase that doesn’t really need to be trademarked.” I haven’t seen my name in print in a magazine in, like ever.

And yes, having my little blurb in the same issue as the Hero Hiro (Masi Oka) is a small bit of Nerd Nirvana™.

Posted by Jon on 04/24/07 at 12:02 AM

  1. Total Nerd Nirvana!!!

    Huge smart ass pull quote on deep brain stimulation, stem cell research, and the ever annoying Powers That Be (TM).

    All in Wired Magazine with Heroes on the cover.

    And not just any Hero, but the actual Hiro, on the cover.

    And not the fun, nerdy Hiro, but the kickass super samurai of the future Hiro, complete with requisite tough guy facial hair.

    You so totally rock! I’m hitting the news stands later today and purchasing some paper for a change. How retro is that.

    Congrats, you big ole nerd.

    Posted by SmartAss  on  04/24/07  at  06:48 AM

  2. I know someone famous! I know someone famous! (sung to the tune of “nanny, nanny, poo, poo")

    Posted by Ara Pehlivanian  on  04/24/07  at  12:15 PM

  3. You trademarked the word ‘be?’ So like, every time I use ‘be’ *cha-ching!* in a sentence, I risk the ire of the Royalty Police?

    Will there be *cha-ching!* single sentence multi-use discounts? I’m thinking of certain famous Shakespeare quotes. Man, every time Hamlet gets performed - or is it Macbeth? I don’t know. Do I look like someone who knows that sort of thing? I do not. - will you get a double ring-up for the lead-in to the “that is the question” line? Schweet!

    Posted by Radioactive Jam  on  04/24/07  at  05:53 PM

  4. Congrats!!  I hope this doesn’t mean we have to buy a subscription to your blog in order to post any comments. :-)

    Posted by Sirdar  on  04/24/07  at  09:09 PM

  5. Very Cool!
    Now all you need to do is sign it..and put it in your walls somewhere, so that in 300 years, when your house gets either torn down, or renovated, the people that find your magazine will frame it forever, making you a legend!!!

    Posted by ALRO  on  04/25/07  at  08:56 AM

  6. Oh, we were forgetting about it?  I thought we were checking the mail every day to see if it had come yet. Huh. Wonder how I got that mixed up.

    Posted by reha deal  on  05/09/07  at  09:04 PM
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