Dave Barry is the author of thousands of humor columns and dozens of books, including Lessons from Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog (Simon & Schuster), which explores the ways in which his dog is wiser than he is; Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys, Dave Barry Turns 40, and Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up. He plays guitar (although he admits, not well) for the Rock Bottom Remainders and is probably the only living human who has both won a Pulitzer Prize and had a sewage lifting station named after him.