RICH MAN POOR MAN

I'm going to date myself. I remember the mini series Rich Man, Poor Man. The whole family huddled around the TV watching the sappy modern day Cain and Able story. It came out in 1976. Okay I was two years old at the time, but I still remember it. It launched Nick Nolte on his way.

Of course I never expected to do my own version of Rich man, Poor man. Don't get me wrong, I would never suggest I'm some literary great like Irwin Shaw. Hey I write blogs not epics! My Rich man is a poor man, in that he really isn't a Rich man at all. Confused? Let me explain. I'm of course referring to Rick Garner the keeper of the flame! The man that keeps the engine stoked! The God like figure who reigns over WUSA9.com.

You remember the picture I posted of him on Friday. It's to the left. You might think he would be annoyed at that. But OH NO!! He's mad because I didn't get his name right. Here is his email to me received Friday.

"Rich? Not once but three times? Clearly I've hit you over the head too many times if you think of me as Richy Rich.
RicK"

This isn't the first time I've done this to Mr. Garner. I called him Rich in an earlier blog too. So why am I doing this? I really don't know. Maybe it's because rich is the big catch word when it comes to the Internet. Rich Internet applications! Mention rich Internet applications when you talk to someone and you are likely to get rich! Mention I have this hideous Internet application with really clunky graphics and you are done for. But if you say that same application is rich even though it's horrid, you'll hit the jackpot. But I digress. Perhaps my Rich/Rick mess up is because the only people who are going to get rich in this new world order of journalism are the folks in the cyber world. Or perhaps I'm writing Rich Garner because I want to see if he's reading this blog. Or it could be as simple as I just screwed up. To be honest that's the most likely scenario. But hey I have to fill space with this blog you know.

At any rate I need to let you in on a little secret. Rick Garner really isn't 6 foot 10, and he doesn't walk around with a club threatening all of us. To be honest with you, he's quiet, and shy, and oh by the way this is a real picture of him. The guys a pipsqueak, but I he's the Internet boss so I have to make him happy. Have a great Monday!