Curious Cat Question

Oy. I was randomly googling for my name (it was something a friend had said) when I found out this short short story piece in Manual magazine's February issue.

Good grief. I remember sending this months ago. Looks like it only showed up now. But then again, that's not so bad since the magazine is monthly and the last issue had Dean's story. (Hehe. I follow in your footstep, Dean old man. *winks*)

My first question is: how come I'm the last to know?

And my second question is: why didn't I have it edit-checked first? *groans in disbelief*