Somebody once said, "Don't say anything on the internet that you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the New York Times".
Sage advice...Too bad I didn't listen.
No, I didn't wind up anywhere near the New York Times (this time), but I was informed that my comments "didn't play in Peoria". Peoria, IL, that is. More specifically, the Peoria Journal Star.
Now, you would think that having grown up around there, I would remember that THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATS IN PEORIA (or anywhere within a 50 mile radius). But I've been gone a long time, and, well, sometimes you just kinda forget the parts ya didn't like...And I forgot that part entirely.
You see, there is this columnist at the Peoria Journal Star that I communicate with on occasion. We've worked on a story or two together in the past. We'll Call her Terry Bibo. It seems that I ruffled her feathers.
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