Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 12 January 2005
Long uncomfortable night, but wake up feeling mostly recovered. Sit at 4am staring at the monitor for 60 minutes, trying to remember what I was going to write about today. Then give up and shovel the heavy wet snow on the drive. In that physical exertion, the brain clears and the image of this particular chapter section comes to me--somewhat.
Early drive to Providence to tape a segment (sort of) with Steve Inskeep of NPR's Morning Edition. It wasn't live, but was rather a quick interview we did during breaks in their normal live action. Seemed to go okay. First time I was referred to as "having served" as a professor at the college. Maybe 30 minutes of talking in all, which will end up being a 7-8 minute interview. Will air sometime before end of month.
At the end of the work day, car picks me up for drive to local NBC station, where I do about a five-minute remote with Chris Matthews for "Hardball." In all honesty, no one said whether or not it would be aired tonight, and frankly, I didn't ask. Just try to stay cool and collected for the exchange, which, to my surprise, was just me and Matthews talking really only about PNM. Naturally disappointed to hear it didn't air tonight. Waiting to hear why/when/whatever from the producers tomorrow, but I'll let Putnam track that info down.
Meanwhile, I manage to write the first 2k of the chapter section and call it a day, grateful to have gotten through so long a day with no huge missteps.
Sorry for any disappointment regarding "Hardball." Again, will let you know as soon as I find out. My guess is, my taping was the natural end of show fill, because it's so soft for Matthews. So it probably just got bumped when other things ran over.
Naturally, I hope it gets used--whatever the delay.
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