Working for a newspaper is sometimes a depressing "Gulliver's Travels" sort of experience, with an army of critics always on hand to try to bind one down with their tiny ropes.
But not last night. I went to the Mt. Lebanon Public Library to give a talk for the Friends of the Library. No mental midgets in this crowd.
The whole experience was a tonic. At least in Mt. Lebanon, a sizable number of people love newspapers in general and the Post-Gazette in particular. They were smart, educated and civically engaged; they asked good questions and, best of all, laughed at my jokes. They actually get my column, as the legions of Lilluptians do not.
Who needs enemies when you have Friends like this?
Link: http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/regonwry/archive/2009/05/15/mt-lebanon-abode-of-giants.aspx
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