Thank you to everyone who helped make this book possible – anyone who helped me through the writing process, gave me advice, read some of what I had already written, and of course the folks at Lulu who are allowing me to sell the book!

I  used a lot of copyrights, and I understand that I do not own the rights to any of these trademarked and/or copyrighted items or phrases. Nintendo, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, UFood Grill, American Airlines, Sony, 2K, Jockey, the Dallas Mavericks, the Texas Rangers, Target, Shaun White, Hanes, Despicable Me, Levi’s, Parker Brothers, Batman, MLB, Valero, Ford, the Chicago Bulls, NBA, Whataburger, How Many of Me, Boy Scouts of America, Fred’s Texas Cafe, the Minnesota Timberwolves, SpongeBob SquarePants, ESPN, Anchorman, Subway, Chili’s, Spider-Man, Girl Scouts of America, Mac Miller, and YMCA: you own the trademarks to all the things I mentioned in this book