Karen: How are you this morning? Are you all having fun in Austin? me: yep indeed, we got up at 6:30 and at our old haunt and now we're having coffee at our other old haunt me: also me: Sarah Palin rally in Tyler Saturday me: I will be in attendance Karen: Fun! What a great article that will be -- will you put on T/S or where? me: just e-mailed Mike Hogan about it Karen: Very cool! Keep me posted, MSTG. me: ha, they already approved it Karen: Maybe you can be their Red State/Redneck correspondent. me: looks like I already am me: going to talk to Steve whathiswname again at D, spoke to him a while back but was in NYC me: also Texas Monthly Karen: Steve who? me: Mr Funny Guy Karen: Tim Rogers? me: ah, yes Karen: He's supposed to be a jerk, but you can handle that. me: he was pretty nice to me Karen: Please just don't do anything more for Bushwick BK for a while, okay? me: and anyway, I've already dealt with him me: wasn't planning to me: might do one on this bike charity thing and then quit Karen: No! Don't do ANYTHING for them, please? Tell them you're busy working on a VF piece. Karen: You're just too good for that whole thing. Karen: Your last final word there in the comment section was very good -- let it be the last word and you're rising above it all -- on to bigger and beter things.