in a year or so, after our contributors have delivered dozens of compelling, savvy, *uniquely* (and please, interpret that widely) entertaining posts, the title of this first entry wont seem to be the excess of hubris that it seems now. rather, i should think, it's best to go ahead and plug the book now -- knowing that the deal is inevitable since this (very justifiably), this (encouragingly?) and this (wtf) have already happened -- and save ourselves the necessary defense of our integrity later. (or do people even take accusations of selling out seriously anymore?)
in any case, you should. buy my book, that is. sure, you can get most of the content here for free, but the publisher may choose to highlight just one aspect of this thing, or maybe all of them separately, and the art and layout of each edition will, of course, be different and special (i.e. pointedly marketed). then you can buy looking good in pants the stories, looking good in pants the coffee table book and looking good in pants the urban farmer's almanac. (looking good in pants: the how-to autobiography of christopher merkel is going to be a while, i think. i still have a few interesting years left. and anyway, the memoir is so in and out of vogue that it's hard to say if anyone, publishers or readers, will pick one up when mine is finished.)
thanks for coming to my party.
christopher
p.s. i would appreciate comments on whether "excess of hubris" is an acceptable turn of phrase or just redundant.
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