Hello, I am Mike Birbiglia and I want you to read my book. Too on the nose? Sorry. Let me dial it back. I�m Mike Birbiglia and I�m a comedian. You may know me from Comedy Central or This American Life or The Bob & Tom Show, but you�ve never seen me like this before. Naked. Wait, that�s the name of another book. Also I�m not naked as there are no pictures in my book. Also, if there were naked pictures of me, you definitely wouldn�t buy it, though you might sneak a copy into the back corner of the bookstore and show it to your friend and laugh. Okay, let�s get off the naked stuff. This is my first book. It�s difficult to describe. It�s a comedic memoir, but I�m only 32 years old so I�d hate for you to think I�m �wrapping it up,� so to speak. But I tell some personal stories. Some REALLY personal stories. Stories that I considered not publishing time and time again, especially when my father said, �Michael, you might want to stay away from the per�sonal stuff.� I said, �Dad, just read the dedication.� (Which I�m telling you to do too.) Some of the stories are about my childhood, some are about girls I made out with when I was thirteen, some are about my parents, and some are, of course, about my bouts with sleepwalking. Bring this book to bed. And sleepwalk with me.