And if you decide to call me on the phone, don't get disturbed when I don't know who you are or what you've done. I'm new to this industry. You may have raced a Cobra way back when or your boss might be the guy that builds Batmobiles, but I still don't know who you are. If you want to educate me-great-Lord knows I need edjucatin'. But I don't want to be told to look you up on the Internet to get the facts when it was you who called me to ask that a story be done on you.
Anyone interested in having KIT CAR look at what they're doing be professional enough to send a press packet to our offices. (And if you haven't noticed, the new address for KIT CAR is 720 Hundley Way, Placentia, CA 92870). And by press packet I mean it could be a couple of informal, quick snapshots with a handwritten letter, or it could be a leather-bound photo CD accompanied by a gold-engraved parchment outlining your business's "Mission Statement." Either way is fine by me, but don't get hostile on the phone because I don't recognize greatness when it's on the other end of the line! The only thing I know is some jackass hung up on me, and the only thing I remember now is his name!
And remember, we're producing two different covers for each issue: one cover that goes to the subscribers, and another for the newsstand issues (the easiest way to know which is which is the subscriber issue will always have a big white box on it in the lower right-hand corner for the mailing label). If you want to get the other version of KIT CAR for your collection after it has been published, then call our back issues department at (866) 601-5199.
I've always been suspicious of magazines when they print in their Letters column what a great job they're doing and they don't print the ones from cabin-dwelling kaczynskis. But we're happy to report nearly all the letters we've received about the new look of the magazine are positive, and they can see down the same road as I do as to the direction we want to take KIT CAR.
However, George Skvor sent an e-mail saying he, too, liked the new look of the book, but was a little confused by the title of this column: In The Lupe. He wrote, "I've always thought the word for magnifying glass was spelled 'loupe.' That's where the confusion occurred. Not a big deal. Just thought I'd bring it to your attention." My only response would be:
Lupe, die; -, -n Vergrerungsglas, Sammellinse von geringer Brennweite: eine stark vergrernde L.; beim, zum Entziffern eine L. verwenden; etw. mit der, durch die L. betrachten, erkennen; /bildl./ umg. jmdn., etw. mit der L. (sehr intensiv, grndlich) suchen; jmdn., etw. (genau, kritisch, scharf) unter die L. nehmen (genau betrachten, prfen) dazu Fisch-, Lese-, Zeitlupe.
Hope that clears it up for you, George.