Fri
Mar 7 2008
12:41 pm
By: Paul Witt
Since nobody else had posted about it yet...
Congratulation to Rikki Hall for his new column, Sideways Glance, in the Metro Pulse. His first offering is available now.
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Yes, congrats! They're doing
Yes, congrats!
They're doing some interesting things over there.
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
last minute run for the
last minute run for the White House...
...scaling the fence, naked and enraged, trained squirrels hurling acorns at the guards to spoil their aim. I'll make it to the doorbell, I swear!
Actually, the column will be mostly focused on local issues and will appear every other week, which means less blogging and blabbing for me. I feel a little slow out of the gate with this first one, but I'll hit my stride.
Thanks for the plug, Paul.
Trikki Rikki! It *would*
Trikki Rikki!
It *would* look good on a bumper sticker.
Congrats Rikki.
Congrats Rikki.
Tear 'em up, Trikki
Tear 'em up, Trikki Rikki.
Larry Van Guilder