I would like to use your article of Monday Sept. 9th, 2002 regarding The Rules Of Jaywalking in a document I am putting together for the [State] Department of Revenue intranet. The document will only be in house and will not be published. If this is OK with you, please let me know. Thank you.
Huh. As far as I can tell, it’s legit (the return address looks correct — name@rev.state.xx.us) — and I can’t imagine giving permission would somehow get me in trouble (it’s been many years since I travelled to that state, at least), so …
Wow. I’m honored. Certainly.
I would be interested in knowing the context of the article (“Stupid Things People Post on the Net”? “Sites you shouldn’t visit while on company time”?), and if you happened to make a PDF of the web page it’s mentioned on and sent it to me, or shoot me a copy of the document it’s in, I’d be much obliged.
I’ll let you know if I ever hear anything back.
“Department of Revenue”? You getting a kickback from the jaywalking fines?
Heard back.
Actually, the garage for our building is right across the street and the door is in the middle of the block. So, of course, people cut across the street in the middle of the block. The city is threatening to start giving out citations. I am trying to put together something that tells them about the problem without sounding too preachy.
Well, not sounding preachy is something I strive for around here. It’s odd to think that something I write here could actually save a life, potentially. Hmmmm.