I have never been prouder

This is Trebekistan’s Amazon sales ranking as of yesterday:

Cat Vs. Cat

Finally, I have surpassed the epic volume Cat Vs. Cat, and its important messages of peace.  Among cats.

Even more weirdly, apparently both Trebekistan and Cat Vs. Cat are also outselling the entire sum of World History: Human Experience.

That’s not good.  But if you’ve been following the news lately… I guess it would explain a lot.

The greatest Viking name ever, bar none

Came across this while researching the first volumes of the new History Dudes series I’ve started working on for DK in Britain, for a book called Viking Dudes:

Ivar the Boneless.

Wow.  That must have been really awkward at parties.

Hi,
I’m Ulric the Fierce, and these are my friends Harald the Strong,
Gunther the Powerful, and Olaf the Testosterone-Laden.  Listen, Gunther
has a thing for Inga the Large-Chested over there, but she brought four
classmates from the village of Hornidottir.  So we need one more
wingman.  Are you in?  And what’s your name?

. . . um. . . it’s Ivar.  Just. . . call me Ivar.