This is HYSTERICAL (last post before bed…)

I decided to take a look at Ask.com tonight before bed…checking “the Algorithm” to see how it works…and I discovered through an ego search (Tony Brown Poet) that I appear on the nomination list for “The 50 Least Influential People In Publishing.”

Which, of course, is a title I’ve been claiming for years.

In truth, the list is flattering; it’s all about people who the site owners believe should be better known. I have no idea who nominated me, but I’m honored as all hell.

I never do this…but I’d love to make the final list, thus rendering the title somewhat contradictory but all the more satisfying in a twisted way.

Here’s the link:

http://www.3ammagazine.com/buzzwordsblog/2006/04/50-least-influential-people-in_07.html

Go forth and crucify. (Note: lots of other good folks on the list, too.)

ETA: I should look at the dates of these things…it’s a year old. But I added a comment anyway, and so should you.