I was reading the Suzanne Tobias’s blog (you should check it out on Kansas.com) and noticed where she had made a list of some of the common misconceptions people have about her.
She could only think of four and asked readers to come up with a fifth.
Well, I want to play. And, of course, I want it to be about me.
What are the misconceptions about me?
People think I’m intolerant. OK, true. I don’t suffer fools very well. It’s something I should work on. Then again, why suffer?
People think I’m grouchy and curmudgeonly. Guilty. But not as much as you might think.
People think I’m bright, witty and articulate. Boy, do I have them fooled.
People think I like stirring things up in my newspaper column and on my radio show with Bruce Haertl. Well, duh. Given the tremendous fortune to do both, why wouldn’t I try to stir things up? Doesn’t mean I’m always right _ just most of the time.
People think I’m kidding when I tell them I don’t have an emotional investment to Wichita State, Kansas and Kansas State. As a journalist, I cannot have an emotional investment to the teams I write about. What I can say is that it’s more fun to cover a good Wichita State basketball team than a bad one. The same holds true for the other two Kansas schools. But either way, I don’t lose sleep.
I can’t think of any others. If you have any, let me know. Just be nice.