13 Jun, 2008
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Really? Really, universe? Did this have to be?
Did it have to be Father’s Day weekend, Friday the 13th, out of nowhere, without warning.
How many truly great men do we have to lose? How can we have an election without him?
Adieu, Tim Russert, great journalist, great man, kind person, Washintonian at core, man of the people (I saw him on the Metro. A lot. He always said hello and smiled.)
My heart is sunken. Truly.
6 Jun, 2008
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I have a lot more to say about “friends” as I enter the brave new social media world, where “friends” on various networks mean wildly different things to different people, where importing your contacts into any new communication service can lead to wildly embarrassing events (Uhh, who are you? Uhh, didn’t we go out once and then you never called?).
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