After eight months of quasi-genius insight into the life of a wannabe rockstar, The Morning News Williamsburg correspondent Paul Ford Gary Benchley has called it quits, and it's not because Paul Gary's become a major rock star (although he does insist that he's on the precipice of fame). Rather, Paul Ford Gary Benchley has done what any internerdy writer would: He's abandoned the column so that it can be used to fluff up his book deal with Penguin's Plume Books. This sort of move, you realize, is dictated by the rules of the internet.

We look forward to Paul's novel Gary's memoir, which should hit the stands in September.

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: The Last Waltz [TMN]