Author: Rick Klau

I want to let people in comments refer to other comments, and then have the plug-in auto-link to those comments. The idea would be to let people say: In comment16, Rick said… The plug-in would look for strings that say “commentxxx” where xxx is the number assigned to the comment, and then auto-link the string…

Jeremy Zawodny has discovered that the only good time to clean up your inbox is when you’re on a plane. He’s totally right — the only time I manage to delete the vast majority of my inbox is when I’m on the road. It used to drive my old boss nuts — he never had…

How often do you get a phone call asking you to spend a weekend at the headquarters of a U.S. Presidential candidate? If you’re like me, it’s not exactly a daily occurrence. So when the Dean campaign called a month ago and asked if I had a few free days to spare, I eagerly booked…

“We are the great grass-roots campaign of the modern era, made of mouse pads, shoe leather, and hope.” — Howard Dean, June 22, 2003, The Great American Restoration So much has been written about the “grassroots” nature of this campaign that I’d begun to not even hear the word “grassroots”. To me it had become…

Check out Timothy Sipples’ new DeanSpace site, Pilots for Dean. It’s a clearinghouse for pilots who want to offer seats on their planes to go to campaign-related events. Very, very good idea. (And I’m just a bit giddy at the prospect that Timothy is in Wheeling, Illinois, less than an hour away from DuPage County!…

I’m a bit caught up on sleep after getting back from Burlington. For the first time, the fact that I’ve been out of college nearly 11 years is painfully obvious to this body. I don’t think there’s much to add to my comments from Saturday, other than to reinforce the awe that the staff feels…

I’ve now been in Burlington for 24 hours, and already I’m adopting the peculiar patterns that appear to be standard: I’ve slept less than 5 hours. I’ve worked on the blog (look for “Most recent comments” and “Most freqent commenters” coming soon), had some far-reaching discussions about “what’s next?” and been an outsider’s voice sharing…

Greetings from Dean for America headquarters! Already I’ve met Zephyr, Joe, Mathew, Nicco, Karl, Jerome, Clay and several others. The energy in this office is incredible. More later…

Don’t be an ape.

What is it about teams of destiny and one out in the 8th inning? The Cubs have a three run lead over the Marlins going into the 8th inning, then implode. The Red Sox had a 3 run lead heading into the 8th inning, then… Well, I don’t really want to talk about it. There’s…