FLAGRANT COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, ME HEARTIES
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W00T! I mean, arrgh.
Posted by: golfwidow | August 30, 2004 at 03:44 AM
Congrats.
Now please come to Pittsburgh on your signing tour. I'll buy you a beer.
Posted by: Drew | August 30, 2004 at 04:27 AM
OMG!!!! Dave, you're coming to Milwaukee!!! Very close to beautiful Kenosha, WI. You guys wanna hang out? I'll fix ya lunch and show you my bone collection. (wah ha ha ha ha!!)
Posted by: Polly | August 30, 2004 at 04:29 AM
Oh dear...that was (mwah ha ha ha ha)....not (wah ha ha ha ha).
Also, you guys can, ya know, crash on my couch if you get to drunk to drive home.
*hic*
Posted by: Polly | August 30, 2004 at 04:33 AM
Oh...and argh.
*attaches wooden leg and dons eye patch*
Posted by: Polly | August 30, 2004 at 04:35 AM
Is this book really training materials in disguise for "talk like a pirate day"?!
Posted by: Jeff | August 30, 2004 at 04:52 AM
My barnesandnoble.com wish list has been updated.
Posted by: Sharon | August 30, 2004 at 05:02 AM
"Aboard the Never Land is a trunk that holds a magical substance that amazes – just a sprinkle, and wounds heal; just a dusting, and people can fly."
---
don't know about the healing part, but I saw some dust on COPS the other night that amazed people and made them think that they were flying.
Posted by: shaky | August 30, 2004 at 05:11 AM
The book is out? I knew that book was gay. Just the it said "Pirates" was a give away I thought. Still, the ladies will be disappointed.
Posted by: Christobol | August 30, 2004 at 05:17 AM
Ahoy Moaties! Batten down the hatches! And you! Yes you. Prepare to walk the plank ye land lubber!
*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: Mr.Fisher | August 30, 2004 at 05:22 AM
The people who designed that site must not have been thinking about users, the cursor being a sword sucks. You should complain to them about it in 'piratese.'
Posted by: Randy Peterman | August 30, 2004 at 05:23 AM
Congrats on the book, Dave, Mr. Barry. May you find many bloglits on the book tour, and may your hand not tire of signing autographs, or of trying to find the hotspot on the damn buttons on the Web site for the book.
Peter and the Starcatchers = Serpent Hat Cher, Castrated
Posted by: D'Artagnan | August 30, 2004 at 05:45 AM
I had no idea the book was coming out until I was stocking the Young Readers section yesterday, and I saw it. I wept for joy, right there between the Nancy Drew mysteries and the Hardy Boys. Thank you, Dave, for making my day a little brighter. And wetter.
Posted by: mb | August 30, 2004 at 05:45 AM
Oh, and as you'll be in St. Louis, which is right near where I'm from, I'll buy you a beer. Or a few. Ridley too, if he is so inclined.
Posted by: mb | August 30, 2004 at 05:46 AM
Dave's comin' to Denver!
See you at the Tattered Cover, Dave, and any fellow Denver bloglits.
Posted by: Smoodle | August 30, 2004 at 06:12 AM
Nice eye patch Dave. Ridley's mustache is quite fetching too. Please come to Philadelphia, Dave.
Posted by: Webmom | August 30, 2004 at 06:17 AM
Bangi wrote:
*steals Polly's eye patch*
arrrrrrrrrrrrr
*bumps into mast*
how do u walk with one eye shut?
Why do you think so many pirates end up with wooden legs? They keep falling on the poop deck.
Posted by: Polly | August 30, 2004 at 06:24 AM
Did anybody notice that the sail on the last page of the site closely resembles a women's undergarment?
Posted by: Wes Crago | August 30, 2004 at 06:25 AM
So where's your parrot, Dave? Aren't pirates supposed to have parrots on their shoulders?
Oh, hi, Judi.
Posted by: John | August 30, 2004 at 07:01 AM
Dave, don't know about the book, but cool site.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 30, 2004 at 07:34 AM
But Dave, since you're here now wouldn't it have made sense to sign books in New York this week? Oh, never mind, I get it, this is your clever way of getting your publisher to pay for a second trip to NYC. You sly fox, you!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 30, 2004 at 07:35 AM
*attaches wooden leg and dons eye patch*
Polly, Don wants his eye patch back.
Posted by: Mike Weasel | August 30, 2004 at 07:54 AM
I have to say that was an extremely, um, "massive" excerpt.
Posted by: Crash Gordon | August 30, 2004 at 09:01 AM
so, nobody bothers to look at the events page on davebarry.com, i take it?
SIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
j
Posted by: judi | August 30, 2004 at 09:23 AM
Maybe if you renamed it "get paid for ogling tastefully naked models" you would generate more traffic, judi.
Posted by: Christobol | August 30, 2004 at 10:11 AM
"Aboard the Never Land is a trunk that holds a magical substance that amazes – just a sprinkle, and wounds heal; just a dusting, and people can fly." --
Hmmm, did Dave get his inspiration for this from stories from Miami-based DEA agents "but Officer, it's a magical substance that amazes!! Honest."
Posted by: slyeyes | August 30, 2004 at 10:20 AM
Wait, Dave's signing books at *CostCo*? Am I the only one who finds this weird? I mean, even for Dave.
Posted by: Scott | August 30, 2004 at 10:49 AM
"tastefully naked models"
Is that some sort of variation on scratch and sniff ... look and lick?
Posted by: punky brewster | August 30, 2004 at 11:27 AM
judi, that's how I found out he's NOT gonna be in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: BigD | August 30, 2004 at 11:34 AM
Woo hoo, three appearances in Chicago! And Dave is going to be at my very own Costco! Maybe Ridley too! (I loved Parallel Lies.)
Okay, it's actually not *my* Costco. I mean, I don't own it or anything. But I wish I did.
So, Dave, what food samples will you and Ridley be passing out? "Hi, would you like to try some frozen reconstituted fish nibbles, and our new book too?"
It'll be hard to miss me - I'll be the slightly frazzled auburn-haired chick trying to wrangle her unruly sons so they don't spill their smoothies.
Posted by: JT | August 30, 2004 at 11:37 AM
JT....
"It'll be hard to miss me - I'll be the slightly frazzled auburn-haired chick trying to wrangle her unruly sons so they don't spill their smoothies."
Are you sure you're not me?
You're sure?
Okay, cuz it sounded just like my life....
Posted by: Polly | August 30, 2004 at 12:10 PM
Released only in North America or all over? (I'm looking forward to the Antipodean debut)
Posted by: nz person | August 30, 2004 at 01:05 PM
Mr. Language Person,
Isn't that supposed to be ME HARDIES? And if so, may I be the proofreader for your next book?
Posted by: RelapsedCat | August 30, 2004 at 01:07 PM
Aye, that be Mr. Language-Lubber to you, matey! Avast and so forth.
Poop deck.
Posted by: Federal Duck | August 30, 2004 at 02:02 PM
Congratulations!
Serious question: what is the age group?
Posted by: Lmd33 | August 30, 2004 at 02:06 PM
Never mind; question answered.
Posted by: Lmd33 | August 30, 2004 at 02:17 PM
Can you please (pretty please?) stop in Eureka, CA on your way from San Jose to Seattle? What about between Los Angeles and Portland? Either at our local Costco or Borders, or just at my house, it makes no difference to me :D
sometimes I hate living in the middle of nowhere...
Posted by: Emily | August 31, 2004 at 03:41 PM
By the way, I just bought my copy. None of that "wish list" stuff for me, not when PIRATES are involved. *Arrrs*
Posted by: Emily | August 31, 2004 at 03:42 PM
Great! But the question I asked of this blog wayyyy back when the book was first announced has never been answered. Does the story involve boogers?
Posted by: alanboss | September 03, 2004 at 08:49 PM
To Relapsed Cat:
You're never gonna be a proofreader if you don't know the difference between "Me Hardies"(??) and "Me Hearties," which is what it's supposed to be.
"Literacy, the last frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Weblog, whose continuing mission under Captain Mr. Language Person..."
Posted by: Steve | September 07, 2004 at 08:14 AM