Journalist or race car driver?

Oh well, says Damian Pyka to himself, No time to check! Must cut and paste!

I got an email from Edwin Black the other day with the following letter attached that he received from Mr. Pyka, apparently his favorite delusional fan from Holland:

Dear Edwin
I am one of your most faithful fans here in Holland and I decided to write
to you to express my great acclaim to your work. I think you are a great
driver and I love watching when you start in the race. It would be the best
gift ever
if you could please send me two your picture or autograph. As I probably
will
not be able to meet you face to face, owning a gadget signed by you would
be an awesome pleasure for me.

Here is my address:

DAMIAN PYKA
STATIONSWEG 38
1815CC ALKMAAR
NETHERLANDS

Thank you for reading my letter and thanks in advance for fulfilling my
wish.
Yours sincerely,

Damian 

It didn't take very long for me to do a quick search for edwinblack.com to learn that Mr. Black is an investigative journalist and author of many best-selling books. I wrote him back, laughing as I imagined he must have when he got it, and wondering exactly what sort of "gadget" Damian would have liked to receive from him.

The craziest thing is that Edwin Black actually is a New York Times best-selling author and his autograph is probably truly worth something! If only Damian had gotten it right, he might have snared an autographed "gadget" from Edwin or his publicist.

Thanks for sharing this one, Edwin. And authors/singers/dancers/race car drivers, be on the lookout for the newest addition to the autograph request group.