101 Ways to Bug Your Friends and Enemies (28 page)

 

—Queen Lili‘uokalani

Hawaii's last reigning monarch (1891–1893)

My heartfelt thanks to . . .
Tori Caron, BFF (Best Fan Forever!),
for (mon dew!) zee “shipping” of Pierre and Juliette;
Bruce Hale and Janette Cross,
for their help with the Pidgin English
(and extra mucho mahalo to Bruce
for the expert boy's-eye view);
Mary Hershey,
my sweet-and-wise fAiRy gOdSiStEr,
who taught me the magic of A.F.I.N.;
Allwyn and Frances Fitzpatrick,
Santa Barbara Montessori School teachers extraordinaire,
for a most excellent education on adolescent crushes;
John M. Fox,
for the literary dopamine;
Craig Jaffurs,
who listened to each chapter and validated the
true-to-the-core bits by getting The Squirms;
Isaac Jaffurs
(who does not at all resemble Cullen nor the Goons),
for his tips regarding high school golf;
Patterson Jaffurs (son extraordinaire),
who taught me how to take Marcos down, hapkido-style;
Jess Garrison, my editor and cohort-in-comedy,
for helping me make a good story great
and for laughing at (almost) all my jokes;
my sweetie-of-an-agent, Ginger Knowlton,
for sticking by me for 20+ years;
and to Edmond Rostand, for writing
Cyrano de Bergerac
:
Best. Play. Ever.
Also, special thanks to my readers in Alaska,
Alberta (Canada),
California, Colorado, Florida, Greece, Indiana, Maine,
Minnesota, Missouri,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Ontario (Canada), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Seoul (Korea) and Texas
who suggested some of the 101 Ways
that appear in this book.