But here was Shearer, who had actually seen it, talking about it. Stern's been obsessing on it recently. He would love to see it. I caught the tail end in the office, before Brian Beck started in on our morning together. The office is crazed.
Flats are everywhere.
Appropriately, the machine that waxes copy so we can put it down on the flats broke at the beginning of production. Fortunately, the Statesman graciously lent us one of theirs, which saved our ass. A few years ago, I stopped contributing to BOA as either an editor or a writer. Prominent among the reasons I stopped writing BOAs was the thought that even though I knew so many people, had so many relationships in the community, and appreciated so many local businesses, my life had shrunk to include only my family and work. BOAs should come out of daily life, untainted by political consideration.