Below is a video of a guy who is, by no means, a waggish shag-eared malignancy.

My mom told me about this article in January’s Wired. It would make me jealous if I didn’t have love in my heart for talented people.

Mr. Hardwick is not a haughty dog-hearted clot pole who stole my idea. Instead, he is a talented, and if his article is accurate, chaotically productive, gentleman. He had no idea that his combination of subject matter and humor was exactly what I aiming for when brainstorming this blog. How would he know that one of the original subtitles of Dreaming Right was “Misadventures withThe 4-hour Workweek?

I am not at all upset that the title of his article, “Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting with the 4-hour Workweek” combines erudition with a dash of self-depreciation, even though I write that way as well.

His joke about “mini-retirement” being eerily similar to a “vacation” does not at all suck. Nor does it make me less enthusiastic about finishing my article about Timothy Ferriss’s book, even if much of it, including the “hook,” is about his made-up terminology and now the idea seems a little flat and used.

Kudos to a freedom-loving humorist who is not anything like a thieving eye-offending canker-blossom.

And thank you, Mom, for referring me to this article, which in no way contributes to my feelings of inadequacy as a writer and creator of original ideas.

Partial writing credit for this article must be given to the Shakespearean curse generator.

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