Remember back in May when I told you that your birthday present would be a little late?

Well, it's here.

I was thinking, What do you get?

A 38 year old man who has no interest in worldly luxuries.

And then I realized you get him a billboard.

So I got you a billboard.

Actually, I got you several billboards near our childhood home in Orlando, Florida.

Like, remember our childhood 7 11 where we used to bike to get Slurpees Boom billboard.

Also remember Wally's I got you a billboard there, too.

There are a few others around town.

It turns out renting billboards is a bit addictive.

If you live in Orlando and want to check out these beauties and personal put some links in the Duke, we d'oh!

Okay, so there's more.

You may recall a few months ago that I was like, I enjoy sponsoring FC Wimbledon so much, and it has made me want to sponsor other things right.

That was a trick.

I was actually seeking to buy sponsorships for an absolutely remarkable thing.

Let's start with a F C.

Wimbledon, the world's favorite third tier English football team in addition to having some excellent ads around the stadium and absolutely remarkable thing has become a F C.

Wimbledon's training kit sponsor seen here in the run up to their recent game against West Ham United.

Also, you sponsored the Firebirds First Robotics team out of Flour Town, Pennsylvania, as well as the Doc Biotics robotics team in Canada, seen here with absolutely remarkable thing and 10 I and the beginnings of their robot, who is named Carl.

You also sponsor First Robotics teams in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Carmel, Indiana, as well as FRC.

Rapid acceleration in Rapid City, South Dakota, on absolutely remarkable thing also sponsors a maid of awesome speech and debate team in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and one in West Anchorage, Alaska.

Then there's Council, the 2018 UC Berkeley Solar Car Team, which is building, testing and racing street legal solar powered vehicles.

An absolutely remarkable thing sticker will be on their next car, called tacky.

On on the sports front.

And absolutely remarkable thing is the official Socks, sponsor of the Austin torch of professional women's ultimate Frisbee team in Austin, Texas.

Also, Hank, you sponsored the Montana State University Women's rugby Club who were nice enough to make these absolutely remarkable thing rugby balls.

And you sponsor the amazing Stockbridge High School Girls lacrosse team in Georgia.

But wait, you say, What about baseball?

Well, Hank, what if I were to tell you that next spring a group of young people outside Boston will learn about hitting and catching and teamwork that group of young people?

The Mission Hill?

Absolutely remarkable things, really.

Here's some of them are last season.

Oh, my God, the cute nous.

Now I know what you're wonder, Hank.

Where's the Quidditch?

Well, don't worry.

You are now the left sleeve sponsor of the Dutch national Quidditch team, the Flying Dutchman, and that sponsorship makes it possible for them to compete in the 2019 Quidditch European game.

Speaking of Harry Potter, I also got you some sponsorships on a podcast.

We both love Harry Potter and the sacred text.

But wait, there's more.

Hank, your book is also sponsoring the University of the Western Capes rowing team in South Africa, making it possible for them to travel around the country for competitions.

And an absolutely remarkable thing sponsors A rugby team composed of future doctors at the University of Glasgow, as well as a high school quiz bowl team in Ohio.

Now, of course, thank your book does not need me or those sponsorships to get people excited about it.

It has received glowing starred reviews from book list and library journal and Kirkus Patrick freakin Roth.

Fists wrote a blurb for it, as did actually Ford and Katherine Valenti and several other great writers.

But I wanted to sponsor a few wonderful groups and teams because an absolutely remarkable thing is such a beautiful exploration of what humans can accomplish when we collaborate effectively.

I learned of so many beautiful and worthy projects after I made that call for sponsorship, and I regret that I had to select so few.

But the whole process reminded me that all the time people are working together to increase world awesome and decrease world suck from rugby fields to robotics lambs, we really can accomplish so much more together than alone.

So thank you for inspiring me.

An absolutely remarkable thing comes out in just two weeks.

There are links to pre order in the Doobie Doo below.

Also, if you can come see Hank and me or Hank without me on the absolutely remarkable thing tour.

The show's in Boston and Santa Cruz.

Heir sold out, but there's still tickets elsewhere.

Hank, I hope you like your present.

I will see you on Friday.

P s huge, thanks to everyone involved in this project, but especially to Rosie on a horse Rose who, as usual, made it all happen.