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Flashback: When DFO Was An SOB

On April 7, 2007, Councilman MikeK wrote the following in the comments section of Huckleberries Online:

When I first encountered DFO in 1991 those three dots were not unlike three small but serious stab wounds visited upon those who’d embarrassed themselves enough to make it into the column. If you somehow made the ‘Sweet Potatoes’ section it was cause for temporary celebration and permanent rededication to not being in print the next week. There were three whole years when I loathed DFO and his column and was convinced he was a flat out SOB. Now, ten years later, as a father and hopefully more mature guy, I have come to realize that DFO is only truly evil when you’ve done something that you can’t quite explain in front of mixed company, and in those cases, well, Katie bar the door …

Question: I’ve been digging through HBO files. Mike’s comment post fell during shortly after DanG and Mary stomped off from HBO in early April 2007. I remember this post because it shows that people can change their opinion of you. Or do you still think I’m an SOB?

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