A Dream Come True

Okay, so it's not a page on Wikipedia, but in all actuality, it's better than that. I know I've mentioned a few times in the past that I frequent the blog of comedy writer Mark Evanier. Shoot, unless you're just plain blind, you've probably seen the link I have to his blog over on the right. And if you are blind, why are you here? Why are you on the internet at all? As I was saying. If I had to name one person who was a sort of idol to me, it would be Mark Evanier. He's pretty high up on my list of people I want to meet before I die (or they die, as the case might be). One of the amazing things to me about the "information age" is that I finally discovered that a lot of the same people were behind the stuff I liked as a kid. John Pound, for instance, worked not only on Garbage Pail Kids, but also on Trash Can Trolls, Wacky Packages, and MAD magazine. Mark Evanier wrote every issue of Groo the Wanderer...that is, he wrote the dialogue. Sergio Aragones drew the thing and came up with the stories, if I understand it correctly. Every old Groo comic I read today continues to be funny and poignant. Evanier also wrote the Garfield and Friends cartoon during its entire 7-year run. He's done a bunch of other stuff, but those are the things that I loved as a child (and to this day).

So, every now and then he does this thing on his website called "There is No Such Website". He provided links to 5 alleged websites. Four are real, one is a fake, and none of them are likely. That is, even the real deals will leave you wondering, "Who in the world came up with this?" I sent in a possible website for him to use in an edition of the game, and he used it! He even mentioned my name on his weblog as a contributor!

Warning: my ego has finally grown big enough to necessitate existence outside of my body. He is roughly the size of a house now. He was last seen heading west on Interstate 20, gobbling up sports cars and sound systems as he went to continue his growth. I expect that his final destination is Las Vegas, where he will consume enough egotism and opulence to be large enough to take on Washington, D.C. in battle. So watch out! He may be coming to your town.