In the last few days, I've received something like twenty fund-raising e-mails from the Trump campaign telling me that they have incontrovertible proof that the Trump-Pence team won big. I don't get why they don't seem to be presenting any of that to judges. They keep losing and/or withdrawing cases due to lack of evidence…or the fact that even if the ruling went their way, it would only change less than half-a-percent of the votes.
There's good (we hope) news about another vaccine for COVID-19. This one from Moderna seems to be even more effective and a lot easier to transport and administer. But I still think we shouldn't cheer too much about any of these announcements until testing is over. Me, I'm waiting until my personal physician thinks there's something I should take. Then I'll decide for me.
Years ago, I began receiving e-mails from students saying they're writing some sort of master thesis or report on either the comic book business or the cartoon business or the writing-for-teevee business and they want to interview me for whatever the thing is that they have to write. I said yes to the first request and then when others came in, I said to myself, "Well, I did it for the last guy…I guess I have to do it for this guy."
I've done a number of them. Some took a little of my time and some took a lot and a few took way more than necessary. (One supposed student, I suspect, wasn't writing an assignment but just said so to get me to answer questions about how he could get a job in the comic book business.)
This year, I've received a sudden flurry of these requests — so many so that I had to say no to someone. And after I did, when others came in, I said to myself, "Well, I said no to the last guy…I guess I have to say no to this guy."
So while I'm flattered that someone thinks I have some knowledge worth basing a class paper or thesis on, I've decided to stop doing assisting everyone. I actually don't think anyone has ever asked me for my "take" on anything (that's the word most of them use — take) that they couldn't find out by spending some time on this blog.
If your professor-type person insists you actually interview an expert, just tell them I answered your questions and referred you to paragraphs you could quote from my website. I won't tell.