"Hello?"
The words echoed in the dark with no response.
Hey guys. I know you're out there. So another year is coming to an end and that means another year as a cog in the journalistic wheel of this cruel, cruel world.
News is slow this time of year. I spent at least 12 hours last week compiling a "Year in Review" for our newspaper. That was riveting journalism. Hey I got one for ya ... in October we had two weeks with $900 total in advertising each week. That is roughly half the cost of printing the paper for one week. Things are better though. Thank God for the consumerism of the holidays. We fired our publisher, so now the owner is publisher and I'm taking over more of the publishing duties, short of selling advertising though. But I'm optimistic. The Alt monthly in Bozeman, the Tributary, which was a Lee paper, shut down and so we're basically the only alternative to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle on the market.
The best news is my wife is days (maybe hours) away from going into labor. I'm pulling for a New Year's baby since I think you get free shit as well as your picture in the paper. Renee's doing really well and everything looks good. We don't know whether it's a boy or girl, but I'll report back as soon as the small Lemon comes into the world.
I hope you all are doing well and enjoying the holidays.
Merry New Year,
Lemon
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Mr. Lemon,
Is there a baby yet for '09? Does the baby have a beard? Might I suggest you post a photo of the child on this blog?
Good to read words from you all again, especially because I don't have to grade them!
We just found your blog! Yay!
Yoshi, it's big news that you're moving back to Japan! What will you do there?
So glad to know we can check in on you all from time to time!
Baltimore is treating us well. We might be back in Missoula for the summer, but maybe not.
Keep blogging!
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