Month: November 2005

I’m doing a D-Now this weekend in Rhome, TX.
And the entire subject is Making Your Life Count.
Why are we here? What are we to be doing?
And I think Calvin and Hobbs summed it up pretty well today.

After some problems sending pages to the press – It is Finished.
And it is good.
Monday at 9 a.m. I report to the Waxahachie Daily Light.
But now I have to go meet my boss for dinner.
[]Deace.

It’s the little things that make a paper great (in my opinion)…
It took me 30 minutes, but I really like the ribbon in the top left corner of the paper.
I designed the ribbon and then just put it on top of the text, but that just didn’t look right.
So I went in and redesigned the ribbon around the masthead so the ribbon actually wraps around the text…
What do you think?

I’m leaving my job on my own terms. No one is forcing me out, but Michael and I began talking today about some ways/reasons a publisher or editor might get run out of town.
– Supporting a tollway on Main St.
– Supporting a Democratic Presidential Candidate in the current Republican President’s hometown (this one has been done before)
– Demanding pay cuts for teachers
– Ending the local gossip column
What other ideas/stories do you think a publisher or editor could get run out of town on?

For the record – nothing is going to get me down today.
Nothing.
Several people tried to get me down today with their lack of driving skills – but nope – I didn’t let it.
I’ve got a hot coffee and its my last day at the company.
(How do I know its hot coffee? Because it says, “Caution: Contents Hot” on the cup. And it tried to burn my tounge, but I wouldn’t let it.)
So anyways – nothing is going to get me down.
Not even someone calling me right now and getting mad that I don’t have a place for a 4×12 color ad that they just found out about.

Woman…
Woah – man….