When Pat Minelli first began informing readers of Publick Events, he pounded the news out on a manual Underwood. His words were cast in hot molten lead, smeared with ink, pressed onto sheets of newsprint and plopped onto driveways and into mailboxes. Johann Gutenberg would do it that way too.
Pat's a walking time machine, a first-hand observer of the massive global transition into the Information Age. And yet he plugs on, a mellow survivor of brutal tectonic shifts.
A rainy-day visit today provoked a scathing discussion of current events, of course, but also a recognition that through the changes Pat still has the warmth and soul of a good friend, a good father and a good journalist.
The latest innovation to his craft? He's now manning something called the Digital Desk.
You gotta be kidding. Hang in there Patrick!
