Subject: Chat with Karen Lancaster
From: Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

Karen: What did you all decide about dinner Thursday?
me: oh, nothing yet, will get back to you
me: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201121321487750509.html
Karen: Wow, this is great! But are you not bylining the anon pieces now?
me: not this one, lol
me: but everyone knows it's me
me: got a Guardian op-ed going up
me: and my new skep inq column is up today too
me: I'll be quoted in print Vanity Fair next month
me: and D Mag profile will appear in April
Karen: What is Tim Rogers going to ask me?
me: about my life
Karen: Is he wanting to confirm things that he doesn't believe happened?
me: not really, more like just needs to confirm things for due dilligence
me: he believes me
me: at this point it's hard not to
Karen: What does he need to confirm?
me: Africa, etc
Karen: What about Africa? I don't want to disparage your father in print.
me: just that it went down
me: you don't have to disparage him
me: look, just tell him what you want
Karen: That you accompanied him on an ill-fated business venture.
me: yep
me: and that it failed
me: etc
me: he's basically going to ask what I was like
Karen: OK am on my way to a class at SMU and dinner with a girlfriend so will call him back tomorrow.
me: no
me: today
me: he's on deadline
me: just call him on your cell
me: trying to get in AApril issue