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January 1, 2003
An introduction to "Margaritaville"
When an editor at The Stoneham Independent approached me about having my column published weekly, I said, "Sure, whatever. I'm still getting paid, right?"
When he told me he wanted to use the "Wasting Away in Margaritaville" title, I cringed. For over twenty years I've had to live with people coming up to me and singing Jimmy Buffett's Wasting away again in Margaritaville and thinking that it was the first time I had heard it. However, I understood that it was a natural connection and after suffering at the hands of Mr. Buffett all these years, I figured he owed me, and if he wants to sue me, it'll be good publicity.
Unfortunately, columns prior to 1999 are not on floppy disk and I'm not able to retrieve them at this time. So, welcome to my website. Please browse and (hopefully) enjoy.
Thanks,
Dan Margarita
Posted by dmargarita at January 1, 2003 6:33 PM