Here’s part of a press-release email about some new book, aren’t you just dying to read it?

Dear Reviewers, Reporters, Bloggers, TV/Radio and other media people,
On April 1, Alternet Books will release Young Dick Cheney: Great American, a hilarious, new faux-children’s book written by satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin (National Public Radio) and illustrated by Tim Foley. Already hailed as a must-read by Arianna Huffington (“a double-barreled blast of satiric buckshot”), Keith Olbermann (“Bring it with you to Gitmo”) and Phil Donahue (“Hide this book, read it alone in the dark–and fall down laughing”), Young Dick Cheney: Great American will surely cause a buzz, and we’d love for you to take a look at it.
Because the book is only just now rolling off the presses–and due to the sensitive (and outrageous!) nature of the material–we are not sending the media traditional bound galleys of the book, but are instead inviting you to read it on a secured, password-protected page on the Alternet.org web site. Your log-on information is:…

Now, because I believe in intellectual property rights I won’t give you that oh-so-precious information. But when such comedic geniuses as Huffington, Olbermann* and Donahue think it’s hilarious, you just know you’ll be able to find it on the remainder table soon enough.

By the way, my brother shot me an email last night saying Olbermann went after me again last evening. No word on whether I made it to WPITW again, which might make me an ace. I suppose I could figure out the full tally some day if I really cared.