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May 17, 2007I'm driving through Henrietta when I notice a new barbecue joint.
The business' phone number is plastered on its marquee, so I start scrambling -- while I'm driving and probably talking on my cell phone -- for a pen and a piece of paper.
Pen and paper. Pen and paper.
I pull over to the side of the road.
I'm a journalist. I should have something to write WITH and something to write ON in this car.
Instead I found a marker and a slightly used Allsup's napkin.
Good enough.
So I scribbled away, writing down the restaurant's number as well as a few others that caught my eye as I drove through town.
When I got to the newspaper office in Wichita Falls, I sat down at my desk and pulled out my makeshift napkin notepad.
My pod-mates laughed.
I guess it means you're officially a country reporter when Allsup's plays a crucial role in your job performance.
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