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NEWSWEEK....  April 26, 1999

My first lucky break came when Jane Bryant Quinn "discovered" Friends In Business (I'm still not sure how) and gave it a little mention in her NEWSWEEK article called "Scambusters On the Web."  And a lucky break it was, because she's a pretty well-known lady.  Her articles are syndicated into some 250 newspapers across the country, and I was lucky enough to tag along with her. 

Then came my next lucky break:

CNET CENTRAL (CNET-TV)....  August 14 & 15, 1999
Aired on the Sci-Fi Channel & USA Network

It seems the producer of this little show was having her hair done and thumbed through a copy of NEWSWEEK while she just happened to be working on a story about internet scams.  Would I be interested?  (No, I'm scheduled to clean the catbox that day.)  And would I be comfortable filming at my house?

"I'd love it," I warbled. 

So we made the appointment.

Clunk.

"OHMYGAWWWD!.... HIRE A CLEANING LADY!!!  NO WAIT!  CALL MAIDS-R-US AND TELL 'EM TO SEND AS MANY AS THEY'VE GOT!!"

I was petrified and it's all a bit of a blur, but I remember asking the cameraman to leave a couple of times because I couldn't think with his lens in my face.  In the end, I came through the ordeal okay, and I have to admit it turned out to be kind of fun.  Three hours of tape edited down to about 4-1/2 minutes (which is better than the 30 seconds I was expecting, so who's complaining??). 

TV.COM (CNET-TV)....  Oct. 2 & 3, 1999
Aired on ABC, NBC, and CBS in the wee hours

Well, I can't say much about this one, because I didn't see it myself. As far as I can tell, it was the same show as CNET Central but with a different host pasted in.

CNET CENTRAL (again)....  Oct. 9 & 10, 1999

Hey, I'm a rerun!  I haven't changed a bit! 

NEXT STOP?...

Well, I had my sights set on Oprah but figured I would settle for Jerry Springer (I love a good brawl).  Instead, real life kicked in, and I let my internet business go to hell in a handbasket.

The great news is, I've since dumped the transcription business that ran my life and moved my family to a small town up in the glorious California Coast Redwoods.  I'm back to "internetting" with a vengeance, because as much as I love the trees, I prefer not to live in one.

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