Hell Freezes Over

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I'm a little emotional right now.

Alan Bernstein finally broke the Pat Lykos yarmulke story and wrote some other ones as well in his on-line article today. I was so inspired that I actually created a Chron poster ID and had to congratulate him on his article.

I'm just speechless.

NOTE: If the past history is any indicator, Alan will probably do something to ruin the moment with his next article.

Comments

anonymous c said…
It's an Easter miracle!

And the Siegler portion of the pair isn't too shabby!

He clearly pulled out all the stops and it amounted to...not much. Not a surprise.

Go, Kelly, go!
March 22, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Mark Bennett said…
You sure are easy to please, AHCL. Six weeks ago you would have criticized Alan for writing that puff piece.
March 22, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Ron in Houston said…
Well, after all the words I've typed defending AB, at least he ends up not making me look like a total and complete idiot.

I figured the Chron would have to run a story like this before the runoff.

I suppose he was trying to be fair but calling Snookems prickly is a gross understatement.

Oh and AHCL - no sexual references to Snookems. The mental picture is just too unsettling. I prefer to believe she reproduces asexually.
March 22, 2008 at 5:13 PM
cjclawyer said…
True, he did finally mention it, but I wouldn't say he "broke the story." Mark is right... talk about a puff piece!
March 22, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Murray Newman said…
Mark,
At this point, I'll take anything I can get from Bernstein.

Ron,
If you wake up in the middle of the night, I want you to be haunted by thoughts of Snookems.

CJCLawyer,
I was so being sarcastic when I said "broke the story".
March 22, 2008 at 5:56 PM
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