Seven answers on 7Q (also known as the FAQs of life.)				Interviewed by Tom Mangan		AUTHORS Michael Fuchs Elizabeth Hilts Paul Riddell Gary Rivlin Jim Motavalli Barbara Shafferman Jules Siegel Keith Snyder ARTISTS/POETS/ PHILOSOPHERS Jon C. Allen Will Baker Mike Leung Jon Sarkin COOL SITE KEEPERS Mike Cash Scott O'Neal Colf Godfrey Daniels Cliff Davis, DDS Tammy Hocking Wes Modes Frank Rogan DIARISTS Ralph Becker J. D. Bruns Linda DeVault Mike Reed Moira Richardson Jessamyn West FILMMAKERS Ben Kufrin Dean Mermell JOURNALISTS Bernie Mary Cooley-Jones Lindsay Crysler Jamie Dupree M.O.A.T.M.A.I. David Moll Robert Niles John Orr Steven Ovadia Pierce Presley Mack Reed Rip Rense Curtis Ross Neal Ross John Scalzi Catherine Seipp David Sheets Dwight Silverman Matt Welch MOVIE MAVENS MaryAnn Johanson Brian Koller HUMORISTS Debbie Farmer Mike Jasper Madeleine Begun Kane Patrick Keller Bob Sassone Valerie Sprague Ken Swarmer Ian Wolff SOLDIERS Maj. Jon Anderson, USAF TEACHERS John Warner TECHIES Chris Adamson Mike Gunderloy Michael Ivey Greg Knauss Floyd Maxwell Ellen McDonough Mike Pingleton Wayne Thume John Worth TEENS Gary Baum Marty Beckerman UNDECLARED Bev Gibbs Beth Reid WEBLOGGERS Jason Kottke Jish Mukerji
ONE				Your cousin Archy had an alley cat cohort named Mehitabel who seemed to inspire no small number of tawdry tales back at the dawn of the century. Surely you've developed similar friendships -- how come we never hear about them? mr interviewer my friendlyships are many and far my own mehitabel is casablanca the cyberghost the siren spirit who tried to engage me in cyber whoopie in a most lusty and enigmatic way alas i just said no these days casablanca cavorts with the mars polar lander while i attempt to tryst with ananova the virtual newscaster in time you will hear all since time always will tell
TWO				Given that you're cold-blooded, often considered vermin and apt to dine on garbage, how do people tell you apart from all the other newsies? i am the ancient and wise vermin who checks the facts as he eats the trash
THREE				Can you share a few examples of how being cockroach is a step up from your previous incarnation as a ghost writer? body image suffers when one reincarnates into a shell of a cockroach even so i am happier now as a human i was a higher life form but as a ghost writer i was locked in a low occupation lying for dollars this time round i am a cockroach a lowly life form but as a media critic poet i have a high occupation serving up f a c t fairness accuracy context truth if there is a lesson it is this a cockroach with a soul is better than a man without one
FOUR				Where do you prefer to get your news? i get my news mainly on line the computer as i have said puts the me in media also i agree with the sages who say the internet will change the news business the way the refrigerator changed the food business think about it
FIVE				Where would you bite Bill Gates if you got the chance? i would bite him right in the soft ware that is where i fear if he reproduces in earnest his offspring could destroy the world
SIX				Who among the famous pundits would be well served by a pair of antennae, since the eyes and ears don't seem to be clued in? george will scrapes the bottom of the pundit barrel even the pundit chimp hired by brill s content does better than that chump but you know they all leave a lot to be desired that is why we call them pun ditz
SEVEN				While we're on this tack, who'd be best served by six legs to give them the concept of doing some actual legwork in pursuit of the facts? today the job of legwork falls to anyone who chooses to wade into the news stream that floods the globe meaning each and every one of us so stretch your legs baby and pray for a little help from the news types out there good journalists we need more of them the ones who bother to verify and clarify they are our angels of truth
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