HAH! I read the article before May 1 (by a day).
GREAT article (Read This, page 30).
Had me laughing out loud (fortunately, wife had a sudden appointment with the neighbor to settle for babysitting our son).
Thanks for taking your page and a third!
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April 29, 2010 8:49 p.m. mjamgb None
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April 29, 2010 11:05 p.m. Wowak SuperDork
So I was reading last month's issue and thinking "Why the hell doesn't J.G. have his own column? He's one funny MFer."
Thank you for having ESP, because I got to the computer to opine as such but got distracted by porn or lolcats or something.
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April 29, 2010 11:12 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
WHA? Pasterhack got his own mag space to spit his own brand of random?
Awesome!!
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April 29, 2010 11:16 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
Technically I still don't have my own, as this was just a one off for the anniversary. I will admit that I don't write as much as I like to because of my demands as art director. but I will say that after 20 years I kind of get to cherry pick my assignments. To the point where I'll pitch an idea to david, and if he says he likes it, I do it. Not a lot of discussion or rough drafts, just a cool product at the end. I think Thunderhill has long gone that way, and it seems to work well, judging by the feeedback we get.
So, own column? Maybe. Blogs are coming back hard on our site, though, and I'll definitely be there. As it is, with my workload and travel schedule my wife barely recognizes me................ probably not always a bad thing.
Thanks for letting me hang around. If you see me at the Mitty, come say hi before my security guys rough you up.
jg
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April 29, 2010 11:20 p.m. 2002maniac Reader
I'm surprised they let you have that extra 1/3 page.
Nice article!
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April 29, 2010 11:46 p.m. EvanB HalfDork
I wholly support a regular column
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April 30, 2010 1:07 a.m. Wowak SuperDork
I DEMAND a regular column. DEMAND. Or the kitteh gets it.
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April 30, 2010 6:27 a.m. John Brown SuperDork
Davids would have to be called "Off Camber" and you would have to angle your head sideways to read it.
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April 30, 2010 7:28 a.m. Pat Reader
JG Pasterjak wrote:
Technically I still don't have my own, as this was just a one off for the anniversary. I will admit that I don't write as much as I like to because of my demands as art director. but I will say that after 20 years I kind of get to cherry pick my assignments. To the point where I'll pitch an idea to david, and if he says he likes it, I do it. Not a lot of discussion or rough drafts, just a cool product at the end. I think Thunderhill has long gone that way, and it seems to work well, judging by the feeedback we get.
So, own column? Maybe. Blogs are coming back hard on our site, though, and I'll definitely be there. As it is, with my workload and travel schedule my wife barely recognizes me................ probably not always a bad thing.
Thanks for letting me hang around. If you see me at the Mitty, come say hi before my security guys rough you up.
jg
Contrats on 20 years...that's quite an accomplishment.
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April 30, 2010 7:35 a.m. Woody SuperDork
JG Pasterjak wrote:
Thanks for letting me hang around. If you see me at the Mitty, come say hi before my security guys rough you up.
jg
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April 30, 2010 9:27 a.m. racerdave600 Reader
I can always tell an article JG writes without even looking at the author, and that's a good thing, kind of like Peter Egan, etc. I think very few writers, and automotive writers in particular, develop a unique style, and JG has accomplished that. I always enjoy his stuff! Of course it doesn't hurt that he's an MR2 fan either!
Of course I always enjoy everyone else's there too, but JG's stuff always leaves you in a good mood.
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April 30, 2010 10:25 a.m. Matt B Reader
The world needs more Pasterjaks and Egans . . .
Good work JG
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April 30, 2010 2:17 p.m. turboswede SuperDork
Matt B wrote:
The world needs more Pasterjaks and Egans . . .
Good work JG
I concur!
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May 1, 2010 9:33 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
Yep, I'd love more writings by J.G. Actually, he's about to get a big assignment for Classic Motorsports. I'm not sure if he knows about it yet. I guess I should tell him.
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May 1, 2010 10:03 p.m. grimmelshanks Reader
let him find out here, itll be funnier
