Beauty of the copywriter's schedule

Well, I'm off to Knoxville (10 minutes away) to "greet" VP Dick Cheney on his 10-minute visit to our town.

The "First Amendment Zone" is nowhere close to the event. Hmm. I thought this whole country was a free speech zone. Not anymore, apparently, despite federal court rulings that view censoring protests as unconstitutional.

So. If you don't hear from me tomorrow, it means I'm either in jail or was beaten by a band of redneck frat boys. I don't know where the pollsters are getting their numbers -- obviously they haven't called anyone down here, where pro-administration sentiment is still the overwhelming majority. I'd say 80%. An inverse correlation to the number of people who have all their teeth.

What does this have to do with copywriting, you might ask?

Self-scheduling. The beauty of working for yourself. And if you schedule in a day off here or there for jail or vacation, it doesn't hurt anyone, so long as you make your deadlines.

See you tomorrow. Hopefully.