Tommy BartlettóLive on Fox!
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 2:49AM Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 11 May 2004
Funny end to a long day: brother Andrew (the Neo-Traditional Librarian) sends me posting on Fox News website touting my 4pm appearance on ìYour World w/Cavutoî and Iím listed as Thomas Bartlett, which is pretty funny to me, since Tommy Bartlett was probably the most famous Thomas in Wisconsin throughout my childhood. He pioneered the water-ski show as a form of mass entertainment and was more responsible than anyone else for creating the tourist destination known as the Wisconsin Dells.
Okay, okayónot exactly Walt Disney. But he was THE reeaaallly beeeg shoe! when I was growing up.
Driving all the way to Watertown MA in afternoon traffic is a lot for someone living on the island, but youíve got to jump at the chance for national TV. Unfortunately, Fox didnít mention the book at all, so I worked it into one of my answers. Predictably, the first question was about the beheading of Nick Berg. But if you want to get on the news, you gotta talk about todayís newsósimple as that.
Amazon number back down to 46 as of 2130 [Check that! 44 at 2226!], so clearly the WSJ profile had some impact. That, plus a national TV appearance and four regional radio shows, and I almost feel like Iím back on tour.
The best the book did during the tour was 42 on the morning of 29 April, two days after the book officially went on sale. I must say, the forties are looking pretty good again.
Meanwhile, some articles attract my attention . . .
REFERENCES:
ìTaste of Change in North Korea: Pyongyangís Experiment With Consumerism Bears Some Success,î by Bertil Lintner, Wall Street Journal, 11 May, p. A16.
ìU.S. Training North Africans to Uproot Terrorists: Military See Vast Region as Possible Magnet for Al Qaeda Recruits,î by Craig S. Smith, New York Times, 11 May, p. A1.
ìAn Abundance of Caution And Years of Budget Cuts Are Seen to Limit C.I.A.,î by Douglas Jehl, NYT, 11 May, p. A18.
ìWorld Markets Fall; Lows for Year in U.S.,î by Jonathan Fuerbringer, NYT, 11 May, p. C1.
ìMaking the World Safer, One Client at a Time: Terrorism Aside, Danger is Everywhere,î by Harry Hurt III, NYT, 11 May, p. C12.
ìFrance Splits With Europe Over Farm Subsidy Plan,î by Paul Meller, NYT, 11 May, p. W1.
ìIraqi Scouts Thrive Despite Tyranny, War,î by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, FOXNews.com, 11 May, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119658,00.html.
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