You Can Always Have Plenty of Whatever You Don't Need

Here is irony for you.

I gave up writing about politics. I decided to focus on humor. I got a book published. I have been trying to get national attention for it.

Once in a while, something political slips through. It happened today, and I got a lot of attention. Which is not helpful at all, because it all goes to this site, which has very little to do with my book.

I just got an email from NPR. They want to interview me on the piece I wrote. Unbelievable. I said exactly what thousands of other bloggers are saying, and they want to talk to me. But when I write something worth talking about, nobody cares.

I plan to refuse the interview. It's of no help to me in my career, and it could actually make things harder for me. Politics is not what I do, and I don't want to be pulled in that direction. And I'm not prepared to discuss this issue with the kind of command a would-be pundit should have.

It would be nice if I got more requests about the book and less about crap like this. I guess that day will come.