Today, we looked at the literary shortcomings of authors who fake glowing reviews of their own books. Unlike those bland sockpuppeteers, our commenters praise themselves with style.

Assessing his own comment, tito swiñeflu writes:

Tito Swineflu's eloquent masterpiece of commenting has stirred the slumbering beast in the breasts of all who read it. His comment is truly without peer in a world reduced to the inane chattering of thirteen-year-olds and the forehead-to-keyboard gurgles of the fingerless psychopath.  His comments are polished, shining drops of golden wisdom, raining down on those lucky enough to read them.

There you go. If you're going to be a self-aggrandizing egomaniac, at least commit to it.

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David Wagner