Category: long story short

  • Some Christians are Chris

    I introduced myself to Chris Gulker recently and he spotted me as a fellow person- with- first-name- Christian. I said, “Oh, you’re a stealth Christian!” I found growing up that people who remembered my name as Chris eventually got around to calling me Christopher. Plus I just didn’t answer to it. I didn’t think “That’s…

  • Me on a billboard?

    It’s a guy from my car insurance … reading my survey answers about how I switched…. He tells me they’re planning an ad campaign…. Am I interested in being on a billboard?

  • Bush and Kerry ads

    Interesting article by former Clinton pollster Mark Penn here. His point in short: both Kerry and Bush have it exactly wrong. Their initial wave of ads are designed to reinforce their respective strengths, when they should be focused on shoring up their weaknesses.

  • That time again

    It’s as good a time as any to do another week in review: Monday I finally closed out my February files, deposited some checks, and then met my editor, Pete Gaughan, for a lunch on the sidewalk outside Arizmendi (pizza in the sun, yea! it almost made me feel like I had kicked this cold)…

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    Lane Stretching Silk Fibers Originally uploaded by mamamusings. Posted by xian from how do i post this to a different blog?

  • A code in my doze

    On Monday my throat felt scratchy and I had a sinus drip. By Tuesday it was a full-blown cold. It’s almost as if my body scheduled its next breakdown for the precise end of the California primary season. I voted for my candidate but, as he had already withdrawn from the race, he of course…