Update V: Nothing surprises me anymore.
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I will appear on MSNBC’s “Connected Coast to Coast” today at 5:00 p.m. I’m in the first segment, I’m told. I’m blogging on a PDA again (Don’t ask), so I can’t link to the web site.
The topic is female security officers (see the Brian Nichols post). I’m also told there will be a security officer on with me (a woman, no doubt).
Other topics include whatever is hot in the blogosphere. I haven’t had a chance to much surfing today. E-mail me or leave a comment to this post, and your site may end up on TV today.
You may also live-comment here. I will see you all later tonight. 
Update (4:30 p.m.): This all happened at the last minute, so pardon the typos and short post. I’m having cable modem issues at home again. I’m at the MSNBC building ready to go to (heavy) make-up. I’ll never get used to that. Well, live-comment and have fun. I’ll post an after-report later. By the way, it’s going to be 2 on 1, the 1 being ME. They’ll have a female cop and a male criminologist. But I’m ready!
I suppose.
Update II (6:11 p.m.): I’m back home. I forgot to set my VCR and didn’t have time to tell many people about the show. I’m sure Political Teen will have the clip online, so follow his link in the comments.
I’m a little frustrated right now, so I’ll follow up with a report tomorrow. I didn’t get to speak as much as I wanted. On top that, my cable modem is out again. Get this: the cable guy forgot to set up the modem on Saturday, although I’ve been online up until this morning.
Whatever he didn’t do then came back to bite me today. I wanted to do a little research before the show. Instead, I was on the phone trying to find out why I couldn’t connect. They’re sending ANOTHER tech. On Wednesday. Very frustrating.
I’m blogging from a tiny Treo Smartphone. Better than nothing. I’ll see you all tomorrow. Your support means more than you know.
Update III (3/15): I haven’t seen the video yet, but here are a few thoughts. There were several things I wanted to mention on the show but didn’t get a chance. First, I had hoped to do some research on standard police procedures for escorting prisoners in general and in Fulton County specifically. When I got home the modem was out again, and it didn’t occur to me to sign up for a dial-up account, as I did this morning. I knew they’d have a female cop on, and I wanted to give not only my opinion, but solid facts.
Secondly, I wanted to emphasize and develop the “common sense” theme, the fact that the average man is taller and stronger than the average woman, different training standards for men and women, etc. This was the first time I was up against someone on TV or radio who disagreed with me. When the female cop (what was her name again?) interrupted me after she was allowed to speak freely, I had to contain my irritation. I don’t want to come off as a shrew or a shouting talking head.
Go to Political Teen to see Part I and Part II of the video.
See the post about my first MSNBC appearance, and check out LBC around the web: All the colors of the rainblog and Party On!
My “blog brother” and talk show veteran Michael King was on O’Reilly last night.
Update IV: I just saw the video. Commenter Jennifer was correct: the lipstick was too shiny. But my hair was behaving. Come on, I have to be a girl about it just a little bit.
Mistake: I said “politically correct” twice when I actually meant “politically incorrect“. Or vice versa. What was I thinking? I don’t know. I wasn’t nervous. Perhaps I was thrown off by the interruption. At first I couldn’t tell who was talking.
