Unexpected Turn of Events Dept.: I’m still at work, pushing midnight, because I had to write the main story on the tornadoes that hit Fort Worth tonight. A little deadline adrenaline never hurt anybody, right? The only downer is that I wrote just about the whole damn thing, all 1,500 words, but I can’t have my name on it because of an obscure newspaper rule. Oh, well — at least my faithful crabwalk readers will know it’s me. (I probably shouldn’t argue with getting no credit, because it didn’t turn out particularly sparkling.)
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17 April | 10:02 | Alice
And a damn fine article it was, too.
Boy, don't you hate it when tornadoes strike around quittin' time? I know I do!!
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