It happened again... Journal Gazette, Part Deux

<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I received a phone call this morning from my father-in-law, a hearty fellow with a dry sense of humor. If you happened to see "The FPT Christmas Revue", you might remember a character from Act II - a retiree who was spending his first Christmas in an assisted living facility. <br /><br />That character was loosely based on my father-in-law (you gotta write what you know about).<br /><br />Ed called here early this morning as I was waking up: "I wanna thank you for scaring all the mice out of our house..."<br /><br />Huh? I'm not sure what he was getting at...<br /><br />"They printed your <a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091224/LOCAL0201/312249991/1047">interview</a> in the morning paper... Front page too!" he stated plainly.<br /><br />Then I really woke up. A few weeks back, I was interviewed by Frank Gray, a gent who works for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, for a piece I had hoped would run before the run of the revue ended. As it turned out, they pushed it back to run today (of all days).<br /><br />If this seems familiar, this was the same newspaper that ran a <a href="http://christmasyuleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-day-2007.html">Christmas Day article</a> two years ago about my Christmas collection and my annual Christmas CD that I send to family and friends. <br /><br />So... I'm in the paper... Again... I sound like Forrest Gump... Again...<br /><br /><br />Capt<br /></span></span>

It happened again... Journal Gazette, Part Deux

I received a phone call this morning from my father-in-law, a hearty fellow with a dry sense of humor. If you happened to see "The FPT...

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Christmas Day, 2007

<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">December 25th has finally arrived!<br /><br />Thanks for taking time out of your holiday to visit us at the yuleblog - especially to all of our first time visitors who are looking in today!<br /><br />Earlier this morning, I woke up, got dressed quickly, and ran quietly downstairs past the bedrooms of my kids. I wasn't heading to see if Santa came and left presents under the tree. I ran past the tree, past the fireplace where the stockings were hung and bulging with flair, and past the fridge (a major accomplishment for me in the AM).<br /><br />I headed outdoors like a kid running to see what was under the Christmas tree. I braved the Christmas cold to retrieve my copy of the <a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/">Journal-Gazette</a>, the morning newspaper of my hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana.<br /><br />Emma Downs has been writing for the newspaper for several years. Last week, she called me about my annual Christmas CDs and my Christmas music obsession after receiving a copy of my annual Christmas CD.<br /><br />A phone interview was arranged, I supplied several pictures from my music collection, and the story was published today - of all days! What a Christmas present!<br /><br />The story takes up the entire <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2135448596&size=l">front page</a> of their features section! Here's the online link to the article:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071225/FEAT/712250356">http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071225/FEAT/712250356</a><br /><br /><br />As I sit here basking in the glow of my computer monitor and the Christmas tree lights, only three words can describe how I feel right now:<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">GREAT<br />JUMPIN'<br />ICEBERGS!</span></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDpdqCY_Z5O9Ib7n3d6loVwGyg8QD4EtFXz9ipvK0l6xvpmHHnANLyfprHArscMu8VThrfWnwIVhBXAumOW_pSDcDN0F4nS0X2UTrrr61OgF3_BwGTCSZ6MQL1XrDzAD_Jf7Vn0Upyjw/s1600-h/CD+shelves.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147882940892115986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDpdqCY_Z5O9Ib7n3d6loVwGyg8QD4EtFXz9ipvK0l6xvpmHHnANLyfprHArscMu8VThrfWnwIVhBXAumOW_pSDcDN0F4nS0X2UTrrr61OgF3_BwGTCSZ6MQL1XrDzAD_Jf7Vn0Upyjw/s320/CD+shelves.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In case you were wondering - The shelves are divided in three sections:<br />The left section is my CD collection.<br />The middle section music is ALL my Christmas CDs.<br />The right section is my wife's CD collection<br />and knickknacks that will be evicted in the near future.<br /><br /><br />Merry Christmas & Happy New Year<br />to everyone reading,<br />everywhere.<br /><br /><br />Rob Martinez<br />aka CaptainOT</div>

Christmas Day, 2007

December 25th has finally arrived! Thanks for taking time out of your holiday to visit us at the yuleblog - especially to all of our first t...

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