Furst Draft

'Newfound celebrity status' for joke writer

Here's a note from a reader who contributed a Punchline joke -- a good reminder that readers contribute most of the jokes we run in that daily feature.

Post-Bulletin staff-
 
Thanks for making my day!
This story was inspired by the absence of fireflies this past Saturday nite in the
midst of Harmony's 8 hour power outage: 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM. You need to
know the local supply of Tuesday's Post-Bulletins sold out early
today before I had a chance to read my successful submission and run to the
local vendors.

Thanks again for contributing to my newfound celebrity status,
despite editing out the attribution to local Amish farmer, which seemed to be
relevant in this tourist community prospered by these local gems.
Mike Peters

WSJ discovers blogging

Check out the Wall Street Journal Online story on "When Bloggers Make News" -- bloggers are "finally moving from the alleys and side streets of the Internet into the mainstream."

Finally? Alleys and side streets? Where have they been? (Inside the gated community of WSJ Online, of course.)