My other brother Darrell (Dr. Platypus) exposed me as a Fool this morning. Not only did I believe his April Fool’s Day post about a new job, but I commented on it, posted a link to it, and then sent an email to the company’s CEO congratulating him on an excellent hire. Luckily, the CEO has long known me to be a Fool, and far beyond April.
Be it known, though, that no Te Deum is wasted.
Mike, I weighed the options of “announcing” my departure for either a Catholic publishing house or a fundamentalist one. Then I realized that there are no fundamentalists I would care to have over for dinner or with whom I would want to discuss our religious differences. There are, on the other hand, plenty of Catholics whose company I have (or would like to) enjoy. Your name is well nigh the top of that list! So the choice was perfectly natural for me–although I hope I didn’t cause you any unnecessary hardship with my prank.
(And whoever typesets your books really does do a fine job….)
Hardship? No one laughed more than I did! No Te Deum is wasted.