Dave Eggers/McSweeney's

Every time someone asks me what my career/life goals are, I generally direct them to Dave Eggers. He's accomplished basically everything I would ever want to accomplish. He was a writer for Salon.com (an amazing magazine), wrote the phenomenal best-seller Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius, founded and edits the playful and profound McSweeney's, founded the now nationwide nonprofit writing and tutoring centers of 826 National, and co-wrote a script (Where the Wild Things Are) for director Spike Jonze. Writer, editor, generous goofy human being.

I was reminded of this because of two things:
1. Going home after a long time (8 months, more or less), you end up being asked the aforementioned question quite a lot.
2. Two of the recent McSweeney's Internet Tendency articles had me in stitches.

"If you're like most workers today, you've probably been running yourself ragged working overtime, trying to show your boss that you're a team player. But, let's be honest, is it getting you anywhere? No. So quit doing it, girlfriend. Instead, apply the following rules, taken from dating tome The Rules, to your job-related conduct. And remember: you are an employee unlike any other."

"Daguerreotypes Will One Day Be in Color; Will Feature Cats in Humorous Poses With Misspelled Captions" (January 1870)