I don’t know if I should be honored or offended.

A reader named Stina, from California I think, was out shopping when she spotted a familiar face on the signage for a “wacky contact lenses” stand.

That face was mine.

Yes, the makers of “Krazy Lenses” saw fit to use yours truly as part of their promotional spread.

They took the image from this article, published as part of X-E’s 2004 Halloween Countdown.

For all I know, they’ve been making millions off my twisted face for over seven years now.

You know what? I don’t care.

I don’t care that they stole my photo without asking.

I don’t care that they didn’t offer me a free pair of “Wizard Nut Bamboozle Snake” lenses.

I don’t even care that it’s a horrible old picture, where my head seems to be shaped like a Ferrara Pan candy mascot.

I’ll take fame wherever I can. Even from flea market contact lens vendors.

Big thanks to Stina for both finding this and somehow recognizing me. And thanks to Krazy Lenses, those thieving shitballs, for making Monday so much more interesting than it would’ve been otherwise.