I was spinnin’ down a dead dial …

Posted: September 16th, 2009 | Filed under: Media | 15 Comments »

You know how when you’re a kid, and your parents will tell you something like: “My only wish is that someday you will have a child who is acting exactly as you are acting right now?”

That very thing happens to most people … and I suppose we call it justice.

So, I suppose it’s fitting that after months and months of shamelessly promoting The Machine on this Web site — Card tricks! DVD extras! Contests! Polls! — I’m in the midst of a week where I will probably end up doing, well, a billion jillion shmillion radio appearances. I have said already said the words, “Well, I was 8-years-old in 1975 and that was the year I fell in love with baseball,” about 200 times. I’m exhausted, and sick of myself, and there’s no end in sight.

Yes, some dare call it justice.

Though, I will point out that the book is 112 on Amazon, and it’s all right with me.

15 Comments on “I was spinnin’ down a dead dial …”

  1. 1: Shlomo said at 2:13 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    Circle me, Little Joe.

  2. 2: Damon Rutherford said at 2:15 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    You should take over Deadspin.com for a day, like FireJoeMorgan did today to promote “Parks and Recreation”.

  3. 3: Gregory said at 2:19 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    Pavement is reuniting.

    Shazam!

  4. 4: SMK said at 2:51 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    You need one of those talking computer dealies like Stephen Hawking has.

  5. 5: Fish said at 3:38 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    The FJM reunion was great, but ended in a huge letdown…no JoeChat? Weak.

  6. 6: Bellwetherr Johnson said at 3:49 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    What, Joe??

    Was Schur too busy trying to suck the very life out of Mike Celizic’s being via the internets to work in a Machine reference??

    He didn’t even get in an Infinite Jest ref either, so I guess it must’ve been a pretty busy day in hater-land after all…

    Circle Me, VORP!!

  7. 7: Bellwether Johnson said at 3:50 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    @Gregory #3: Shazam, indeed.

    As you were…

  8. 8: Mikey said at 3:52 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    #3, #7 –

    Bring on the Major Leagues.

    Extremely exciting news.

  9. 9: Spud said at 3:55 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    My local Barnes & Noble still doesn’t have it.

  10. 10: Joe K said at 7:23 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    #1 in the baseball history category on amazon…

  11. 11: Caryn said at 7:58 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    …bouncing off the satellites, indeed.

  12. 12: Ant Bham said at 8:30 pm on September 16th, 2009:

    Hang in, JP. It’s always an occasion when excellent writers publish.

  13. 13: Mateo Rodriguez said at 1:30 am on September 17th, 2009:

    Yeah, the two stores I have been to haven’t stocked it yet either. This is New Orleans though, I am sometimes surprised when the Saints games actually make it on Sundays…

  14. 14: Mike said at 3:04 am on September 17th, 2009:

    Maybe you can get on Oprah…

  15. 15: onthemark said at 8:24 am on September 17th, 2009:

    The fact you used a Springsteen lyric in your title tells me there is hope for you yet!

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