July 2, 2010 3:22 PM

My brother is great

The card: "Happy Birthday, Pat! Don't worry, I don't really think you're a horrible person." Inside the package: copies of Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me (edited by Ben Karlin, introduction by Nick Hornby, "Foreward by Ben's Mom") and You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice ("With Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, Fred Armisen, Judd Apatow, & many more"). Well played!

And he just bought this shirt, which again proves we are brothers.

2 responses ...

  1. Michael Cera on turtle joke-telling | Patrick Cooper: Greetings from Evanston, Ill. says:

    [...] morning's read on the porch, the couch and at last the hot sand was the recently received You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice. Readers wrote advice [...]

  2. Prepping for the '20 Under 40' issue | Patrick Cooper: Greetings from Evanston, Ill. says:

    [...] short-story collection Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me, the birthday gift from my brother that pretty much makes up for the time when we were kids and he gave me a crossword puzzle book [...]

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