The Colonel T Show

I’ve never really asked anything of you, except of course, for your love.

Today, though, I’m asking you to check out the first novel by my very own brother Brian, entitled Prelude to a Super Airplane. Many of you already read his blog, and now the same charm and wit you find there can be found in convenient book form.

I could cite twenty reasons you should pick up a copy, but I’ll whittle it down to just these three:

1. It’s a terrific read.
2. The book is semi-autobiographical, and indeed features a character named “Colonel T.”
3. The author’s back-page portrait is drawn by none other than yours truly.

Not sold yet? Brian will be publishing excerpts on his aforementioned blog all week. When you’re ready (not if, when) you can read more about the book at its official website, and you can purchase the book online here.

Here is a picture of me, writing this entry and holding the book. Look how happy my hand is!

Last time on The Colonel T Show, I joined Facebook.

Did you join me there? If so, you’ve enjoyed three solid months of frivolous status updates and photos of many of my children. Tonight, for no reason, I asked myself: “Why did I embrace Facebook and abandon my blog?” I’ve arrived at two possibilities:

1. Facebook friends have no choice but to read my updates. A captive audience in every sense of the word.
2. Posting status updates limited to 200 characters or less is fast and requires virtually no effort. That describes my general approach to life, so it suits me.
3. Picture posting is ridiculously easy.

For a time, I engaged my old pal, fellow blogger and television superstar Scott Sabol, in a friend count battle. That was fun for a few days, but due to his irresistable charm and outstanding grammar, he has now eclipsed me by a factor of 5. Kudos to him. Really. I mean it.

So I’m hooked on Facebook. I’m not ashamed. It’s pretty great. Nevertheless, The Colonel T Show (and Colonel T.com, and Colonel T vs. The World Crime League before it) is my first, best home, and it deserves better than to languish without an update for three months. So I apologize, not only to my readers (who really should be following me on Facebook) but to my dear friend, this website, whom I left all alone for three months on the cold, dark, Internet.

So, to that effect, this week I’m going to tell you about my new podcast, my upcoming children’s album, and the upcoming April 20-ish birth of my son.