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Subject: 
My fifteen minutes--master builder competition prep
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Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:12:37 GMT
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Here’s the local paper’s article about me (front page news in these parts):

http://www.santamariatimes.com/

You’ll note that they got a few things wrong in the article, but overall, it’s pretty good (for example, I didn’t say “LEGOs” a single time, yet that’s what he wrote whenever I said “LEGO”).

I made sure to give a shout-out to LUGNET, of course.

The local TV station also came by and did a piece; they aired it this morning and also had me in the studio for some live stuff during the broadcast. I have the VHS tape for it and will bring it to BrickFest PDX--there was some high comedy invovled when the anchorlady destroyed the microphone I had built for the in-studio bits. Thankfully, they didn’t have the camera on me when she dropped it; I’m sure that image would have been priceless. Fixing it gave me something to do; each time they came back to me, I had a bit more put together, and by the last segment, I gingerly let her hold it again.

All in all, I had a great time, and they asked me to give them an update after Friday’s competition (I assured them that I wouldn’t be the winner). And I didn’t look nearly as bad on TV as I thought I would...

Derek



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  Re: My fifteen minutes--master builder competition prep
 
Derek, congrats. I'd like to see the article, but it seems to have been moved from the front page. Do you have a direct link to it? -Brendan (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)

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