the curse of the common name

A reader (who will remain anonymous) writes,

Was that your editorial in Wednesday's Olympian? I imagine there are other Jim Andersons, and the descriptive writing is similar to yours.

Actually, when I read the letter, which calls for politicians to write obituaries for fallen soldiers, I thought, Maybe someone will be confused and think that I wrote it. I'd better blog a preemptive disclaimer. And then I thought, I'm hungry. Food came first, and I soon forgot.

So no, I didn't write the letter. But thanks for asking.