Cap'n Crunch's first name is Jedediah?

See also:

http://lisarea.wordpress.com/2007/01/26/marketing-idea/

I like her better than McSweeneys. I always had a weird background suspicion that articles there were just written to curry favor with the Dave Eggers media juggernaut.

So it would seem, teo.

The anti-ridiculous names law in the link clearly needs stricter enforcement, as there exits a football player by the name of Credence Clearwater Couto.

Interesting.

I always had a weird background suspicion that articles there were just written to curry favor with the Dave Eggers media juggernaut.

I have a hard time imagining this not being true.

Is Eggers the one who wrote Heart-Working Stag of Brokering Genius or the one who wrote Girl with the Curious Hair (and the other one, with Frequent & Vigorous)?

The former.

I like her better than McSweeneys. I always had a weird background suspicion that articles there were just written to curry favor with the Dave Eggers media juggernaut.

People write "articles," rather than short stories, in McSweeney's now?

Somehow, this one doesn't seem to be in the archive. Which is sad.

w-lfs-n, would you happen to know a good online "here are those stupid copyediting symbols" resource?

Nope! Whenever I want to learn them, I just google "copyediting symbols" or the like.

Never hurts to ask.

No, it doesn't. And I'm glad that you trust me enough to come to me with these questions.