Tim Torkildson's Clown Alley

Sunday, December 27, 2020

No cunning fable is the Christ

No cunning fable is the Christ,

to shackle and confuse.

He lived and died for all of us,

salvation to suffuse

throughout our world as loving grace

to never be displaced --

assailed by devils and by men,

he's stronger still and chaste.

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Many Important Writers Email Me Personal New Year's Greetings. Just a Sampling.

Tim Torkildson is a noted personality -- he thinks . . .

Here is a sampling of New Year's Greetings

from just some of his many admirers

in the Fourth Estate.

I am out of the office and will be slow responding to emails. For immediate assistance, please contact Jo Chung at joanna.chung@wsj.com

Julie Wernau
REPORTER

M: +1 917-821-8503
E: julie.wernau@wsj.com
A: 1 South Wacker Drive #2100, Chicago, IL

I'll be back Monday, Dec 28. Merry Christmas!

Volto segunda, dia 27 de dezembro. Feliz Nata!

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*Paulo Trevisani*
Reporter
Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal
New York
+1 917 387 7341
@ptrevisani

If it's important news — you know what I mean — please alert Jim
Windolf at jim.windolf@nytimes.com

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Edmund Lee
corporate media reporter
The New York Times
edmund.lee@nytimes.com
desk: +1 212-556-7688
cell / Signal: 917-853-0224
Twitter DM: @edmundlee <https://twitter.com/edmundlee>

I am on vacation and checking email infrequently. I'll be back at work in 2021. Happy Holidays. And please, wear a mask.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Washington Correspondent (covering health policy)

The New York Times -- Washington D.C.

(202) 862-0366 (office)

(301) 332-0991 (cell/Signal/Confide)

Twitter: @SherylNYT

Chang, Elizabeth

9:51 AM (33 minutes ago)

to me

I will be on a break until Jan. 4. Best wishes for the new year.

I'll be on vacation until Monday, December 28, and will respond to your message when I return. For environmental policy related news, please reach out to Lisa Friedman at lisa.friedman@nytimes.com.

Thanks,

Coral

Thanks so much for your email.

I'm now on annual leave over Christmas and will be checking emails
only sporadically. I'll be back on Dec. 29th.

Many thanks, and merry Christmas!
Katie

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Katie Deighton
REPORTER, THE EXPERIENCE REPORT
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*Please note I am currently based in the U.K.*
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*T: *@DollyDeighton <https://twitter.com/dollydeighton>
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Hello,

I'm away for the holidays and might not see your note. I'll be back in the office 01/04/2021. Wishing you a happy, but above all, safe, holiday season.

~Alejandro Lazo

Alejandro Lazo

REPORTER • SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU

Hi, there:

I will be out of the office until Monday Jan 4. I will get back to you when I return. Thanks! Sadie

Sadie Gurman

WASHINGTON BUREAU

O: 202.862.9273 \| M: 202.897.9033
E: sadie.gurman@wsj.com \| T: @sgurman
A: 1025 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 800 \| Washington, D.C. 20036
Thanks for sending me an e-mail. I'm going to be offline Friday, Dec. 25 and through the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 1, not always checking messages regularly. If you need to reach someone immediately regarding urgent news you may email Patrick McGroarty at patrick.mcgroarty@wsj.com or Jesse Newman at jesse.newman@wsj.com. I will be back online regularly Monday, Jan. 4. -Jacob -- Jacob Bunge Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Chicago, IL 312 750 4117 (office) 312 307 4879 (mobile) Jacob.bunge@wsj.com @jacobbunge Hello, I am out of the office. If you need to reach someone immediately regarding news please email Patrick McGroarty at patrick.mcgroarty@wsj.com. -- ------- Jesse Newman The Wall Street Journal Mobile: +1 312 697 9418 Email: jesse.newman@wsj.com Twitter: @jessenewman13

Prose Poem: How to cook an old boot.

Start with an old boot.

One that has marinated

in all the seasons until

it is mellowed and ripe:

Winter pips.

Spring wattles.

Summer folly.

Autumn mopery.

Gently slide the boot into

a kettle of enraged water.

Add the good wishes of

the boys down at the plant

and a back scratcher from the

Welcome Wagon.

(These items cannot be purchased

online, so if you haven't got them

locally take the next flight to Belgium

and stay there; you're of no further use here.)

Just before serving,

add a dollop of sour cream

and a set of ground up spats.

For a thicker sauce, rummage through

your laundry for a pair of dirty socks

to make a bouquet garni.

Never serve boiled boot to friends

who complain about their allergies

or relatives that don't know your middle

name.

In Peru there is a charming tradition

of letting the children walk around in

the boot after it has been cooked

in order to

loosen the hobnails.

Leftover boot can be hung

on the clothesline to dry out;

it will then last for many years.

Probably longer than your marriage

or current job.

And then you'll probably be reduced

to eating shoe laces and KIWI polish.

But hey --

New Pains Bring New Opportunities.

Happy New Year.

Having your garments spotless

I pray my garments spotless stay

as I approach the Judgement Day.

All earthly stains I must eschew

or else my options will be few

when at last my greatest Friend

will ask some time with me to spend.

Today's timericks.

My cookie jar doth overflow;

I tell my gut "Look out below!"

With icing thick and sprinkles too

my diet plans say "Toodle-loo!"

But, hey, it's only once a year

that sugar is my sole veneer.

In ten more years Toyota cars

will have to run on Leyden jars.

The Japanese say gasoline

makes of the air a foul latrine.

To avoid more greenhouse trauma,

they're riding bikes in Yokohama.

It looks like that there comfort check

from Uncle Sam has gone to heck.

The wishing well is goin' dry --

but do not start to moan or cry;

no doubt when Biden takes a hand

we'll each be getting twenty grand!

Friday, December 25, 2020

Photo Essay: Postcards Mailed to President Elect Joe Biden This Week.

All things have become new

In Christ new things have come to pass;

the heavens are no longer brass;

So man may hope and trust afresh

in the cure for our proud flesh.

Old things now have passed away;

we hasten towards the better day!

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Warm Holiday Greetings from my Important Writer Friends.

I hate to brag, but I've got a lot of important reporter friends who hang on my every post. These eminent writers have taken the time from their busy schedules to email me personally with warm holiday greetings. Here's just a sampling:

Kadet, Anne

6:36 AM (25 minutes ago)

to me

Hello!

I am away and won't be checking this in-box until Monday, December 27.

If the matter is urgent please contact my editor Jim Fanelli at James.Fanelli@wsj.com.

Happy holidays!

Anne

I am on vacation and checking email infrequently. I'll be back at work on in 2021. Happy Holidays. And please, wear a mask.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Washington Correspondent (covering health policy)

The New York Times -- Washington D.C.

(202) 862-0366 (office)

(301) 332-0991 (cell/Signal/Confide)

Twitter: @SherylNYT

Thanks for your email. I'm out of the office and will respond when I return.

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Sign up for our weekly *Careers* newsletter: wsj.com/careers
<https://www.wsj.com/careers>

I am out of office until Monday, January 4, and will respond to your
email when I return. If this is an urgent matter, you can call me at
718-781-4256. Thanks!

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*David Ewalt*
REPORTER / STRUCTURED DATA
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O: 212-416-2689
C: 718-781-4256
E: david.ewalt@wsj.com
T: @dewalt <https://twitter.com/dewalt>
A: 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
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Greetings! I'm out of the office through Monday, Dec. 28. I will not be checking messages at this time. Editor Phil Pina can be reached at ppina@pioneerpress.com.

Many thanks!

Frederick Melo

St. Paul Bureau Chief / Reporter

Pioneer Press

10 River Park Plaza, Saint Paul, MN 55107

651-228-2172 / 651-398-5534 (c)

fmelo@pioneerpress.com

Kapner, Suzanne

6:26 AM (38 minutes ago)

to me

I will be on vacation from December 24 through January 3 and may be
slow to respond to emails. For urgent matters only, please contact
russell.adams@wsj.com.

--
Suzanne Kapner
Reporter
The Wall Street Journal

I am out of the office until Monday, January 4, and will respond to your email when I return.

Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!

Tara Kelly

Vice President of Policy and Programs

The Municipal Art Society of New York
@masnyc | 212.935.3960 x1258

John Schwartz

6:23 AM (43 minutes ago)

to me

Thanks for your note, but I am taking vacation days, and will be slow
to respond to email. Please contact me after I get back on January 4.
Here's hoping for a better new year.

Best wishes,

John Schwartz

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John Schwartz <https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-schwartz>

The New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/>

twitter.com/jswatz

Telephone: 212 556 7353

My new book: "This Is the Year I Put my Financial Life in Order
<https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538767/this-is-the-year-i-put-my-financial-life-in-order-by-john-schwartz/>

Hello, I am out of the office and not checking email regularly. If you need to reach someone immediately regarding news please email Patrick McGroarty at patrick.mcgroarty@wsj.com.

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Jesse Newman
The Wall Street Journal
Mobile: +1 312 697 9418
Email: jesse.newman@wsj.com
Twitter: @jessenewman13