A Modest Proposal

Last night my work life was interupted by Mitch Albom. He was doing an event at another store and was unsatisified with the amount of books and demanded more copies. (This when the newest book is over a year old.) So of course I had to stop what I was doing in order that we might make the author diva happy.

I don't mean to rain on everybody's schmaltz parade but looking to Mitch Albom for good writing is like looking to the French for a quick solution to their little riot problem. When did we elect the sports guy to be our guru? I must have missed the polls that day. And he's not even that good a sports guy. This is the joker who once lied in an article about attending a game. Hey Mitchie, you're kind of famous in a local way yeah, people are gonna notice.

What a pinhead.

Albom's books are sugary crap that will only give you a stomachache if you're able to make it past the first person you meet in heaven. So I have a proposal. A sure fire way to improve Detroit- a trade. Mitch is a sports guy, he knows how it works. We'll trade him to Miami for Carl Hiaason. Carl writes great mysteries and kids books and is very enviromentally active. He'd probably hate the cold but we'll get him a parka. A parka and a sweet signing bonus.