Introducing Jay Dyckman

Gentle Readers, have we got some good news for you! Starting today and every Friday here after ad infinitum, our friend, college chum, drinking companion, poker instructor, water polo captain and all around hottie funny man, Jay Dyckman, will be guest blogging for us. Wait, no, not guest blogging. Guest blogging implies that a certain amount of social nicety and grace will be on display, and that's not really what we're expecting from dear Jay.

Frankly, we don't really know what to expect from dear Jay. He's a bit of a loose cannon that one, but surely that's part of his appeal. So we've asked him to blog about anything that comes into his pretty little head and to do so in a manner Chat with R & R readers have come to expect over the past year. He replied, "Through a haze of booze and the purest Colombian cocoa?" We think our heads bobbled back and forth and we spit chocolate in agreement before we passed out.

If you're a reader of McSweeney's you'll already know some of Jay's writings. If you haven't, you really should check them out at some point, they're hilarious, and we're not just saying that because we're on the pay roll, even though we are:

Refreshingly Candid, Yet Admittedly Less Traditional, Pet Notes That My Neighborhood Animal-Adoption Center Would Probably Find to Be More Effective: A Comparison

Responses in an Interview for a Nanny Position That Will Almost Certainly Sink Your Chances of Getting the Job

Strategic Attempts to Deflect Attention by the Most Obviously Overweight Member of the Donner Party

A Wedding Toast by Katie Holmes's Former Best Friend

Re: Hardy Boys Manuscript Submission

Anyway, from this point forth, we'll let Jay speak for himself. (Cue: Chelsea Boy) We hope he tickles you as much as he tickles us, particularly when he's feeling handsy.