I Fixed My Heart and Moved to San Francisco; Then Larry King Broke it All Over Again

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I Fixed My Heart and Moved to San Francisco; Then Larry King Broke it All Over Again

By letterhead | April 23, 2009

To the 3 -4 people who once read this blog with regularity… I apologize for going AWOL. It was a pretty tough year, including minor heart surgery… if such a thing could be said to exist.

It also entailed a cross-country move. After 20 years in NYC I’d had enough and needed a rebooot. Just felt like it was time to hit ctrl+alt+del and start fresh.

So here I am out in SF… land of super crunch. In truth I’m finding it a nice change. Not that I don’t have my withdrawal symptoms. But I don’t miss NYC. (I do however miss NY’ers.)

The view from my living room window (below) is unlike anything I’d ever get in NYC no matter how much the cost.

I hope to be back blogging again soon… within the next week or so. But in the meantime… did anyone catch Larry King’s interview with Levi Johnston? He of the famed Palin-daughter-pregnancy-shotgun-engagement-that-wasn’t-scandal?

Well… in the midst of his interview with the intrepid Mr. Johnston, Larry King dropped the following bombshell. Oh, and this one was a PR doozie for all time. I was not sure whether to laugh or cry…

We told the Palin camp that Levi Johnston would be our guest tonight and asked for a comment. We got this response today from Megan Stapleton, the Palin family spokesperson: “Bristol is focused on going to college, raising Tripp and advocating abstinence.“

YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR LARRY: “Say WHAT?? She’s promoting what?? Holy guacamole batman they left a big ‘ole pit in that one. I think I broke a tooth!”

Abstinence. My goodness gracious how convenient… I mean, appropriate.. aw heck you know what I mean.

Just shows to go ya that no matter how long you break from our wonderful business of PR, there’s always some crackerjack spokesperson saying something completely idiotic to give you a nice warm welcome home!

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I Fixed My Heart and Moved to San Francisco; Then Larry King Broke it All Over Again

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