Thus revealed, the creature buried its nose in the tire-tilled soil...
August 26, 2005
To heck with “Butterstick” — I vote for “Gary”!
Category: Blog

Today a letter about PANDAS from your pal Wes appears in the Washington Post Express! Be sure to snag one if you're in the local area, but if not, a pdf copy is available online (you want the 8/26/05 issue). But here's the relevant part:

''Gary is better than 'Apple'''

Alas, I can't take credit for the titular reference to Gwyneth Paltrow's brood, but the rest of the letter appears in more/less unedited form -- I had a parenthetical "Eeeeyy!!" that followed the mention of FONZ (Friends of the National Zoo), but that's about the only change. Sweet!

Yeah, I know it's just a short (and hopefully funny) letter, but this is my first published clip that wasn't in a student-run newspaper or magazine or online, so I'm pretty pleased. More to come, perhaps...?

I'll say more about other stuff later, including the previous entry. But off to work for now -- ja!

-posted by Wes | 6:11 am
9 Comments »

Congrats. No question, it's funny. :O)

-posted by Lori | August 26, 2005 | 7:42 am

Dude, you're published! Go get a brownie!

-posted by T.A.B. | August 26, 2005 | 8:33 am

Congrats on the publication, Wes. I do think you're a talented writer, and I'm sure there's much more to come. Looking forward to seeing the doodle:)

-posted by Becky | August 26, 2005 | 2:43 pm

Very funny. good job.

-posted by Tamara | August 26, 2005 | 3:25 pm

: )

-posted by Josh | August 26, 2005 | 8:41 pm

YES! Boom-shaka-lacka-lacka!

-posted by Greg | August 26, 2005 | 11:27 pm

Yay you! it IS funny!

-posted by L | August 27, 2005 | 2:54 am

Yet another reason why you rule! :)

-posted by Parizad | August 27, 2005 | 4:05 am

Gary's a good name for the panda. I want "Fred T. Panda." T short for The, of course. But Gary T. Panda works too. Nice letter.

-posted by Liz | August 29, 2005 | 1:44 pm
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