To: Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com>, Caleb Pritchard <cpritchard2001@gmail.com>
Sweet, I appreciate it; I think we need the blurb fairly soon so it can make the cover, so perhaps you can go ahead and provide a blurb now based on what you've read of it so far?
Also, I've brought on my old friend Caleb Pritchard, whom I've known since 3rd grade, to serve as my second-in-command with regards to our recruits (aside from "executive" level folks and blogger/journalists working within the blogger network). He's currently a producer at an NBC affiliate and has previously worked in radio and print (the Daily News, most recently). He'll be organizing our volunteers based on their skill sets and other factors, and will eventually be the person to talk to when it comes time to start calling on our people to act. He's also among the very few people - yourself, my lawyer Mirna Hariz, and various girls I fuck - who know the long term-plan of Project PM, my revolutionary fervor in general, and our association with the do-gooder faction of Anonymous as well as my covert association with related entities such as Encylopedia Dramatica - these being things of which not even our top people like Kilkenny and Charles Johnson are aware, and I'd like to keep it that way. Caleb, on the other hand, can be let in on anything at all; if he tells anyone, I'll reveal all of his embarrassing incidents from middle school, high school, college, and "adult" life. Anyway, he's my closest confidant and an extraordinarily erudite and intelligent person, as well as being very committed to making the world a better place (which is one of his most embarrassing secrets). I've cc'd him on this e-mail.
Later this month, when we've got a document prepared detailing who we have and what they can do, I'll have him send it along so you'll have a sense of what our capabilities are at this point, which should help you figure out what's viable in terms of any ideas you might have in the near future. We'll keep this list as a Google doc and share it amongst ourselves so that it can be constantly updated as we bring on new people (we have a couple dozen so far, and we'll have a flood of new participants upon the official announcement and immediately afterwards).
Anyway, thanks again for coming on board with this, as well as for offering to provide the book blurb. Also, I just remembered that I have a nice long list of editors and their respective e-mail addresses; don't know if you're looking to expand your pool of outlets, but if so, let me know and I'll send you the list ASAP.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey man, got your message, sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I'll get you the blurb, it's an honor. I'm stuck in your europe on assignment, and looks like i might be heading over to kabul, so that means I should have some good down time to enjoy your work. anyway, hope to speak with you soon.
all the best, mh
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