Everything happens to me.

As soon as I launched the Seamus Sweepstakes™ (Guess When Gail Collins Will Mention Mitt Romney Without Saying He Drove To Canada With His Dog Strapped To The Roof Of His Car And Win Big Prizes!), the New York Times columnist goes on book leave.

See tag of this Thursday Times op-ed piece.

Quite understandably, the hardworking staff is writing to Gail Collins about the unfairness of it all.

Dear Ms. Collins,

We recently sent you a link to Campaign Outsider’s splendid Seamus Sweepstakes™, which offers excellent prizes for guessing when you would mention Mitt Romney in your column without tacking on that he drove to Canada with his dog strapped to to roof of his (Romney’s, not Seamus’) car.

But we see that you are now on book leave.

Any way you might work the contest into your bookstore appearances?

Most appreciatively,

The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider

As always, we’ll keep you posted.