Attentive reader Karen Burke contacted me regarding a reference I made to the hit sitcom, "Seinfeld":

You wrote . . . that "Superman appeared in one form or another in every single episode of the television hit sitcom Seinfeld." I watch Seinfeld every day...on the weekends I watch the DVD's...I don't see Superman. There are references to him in SOME episodes, but you said he "appears" in every episode. Just tell me this..where in episode one does he appear? I must be missing something here!

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I'm turning most everything off through Thursday and taking a long-needed rest in Seattle. But I won't be completely out of touch (literally or figuratively). You can still follow me on Twitter, and you can still find For the Record in the Idaho Press-Tribune.

Back in January 2005, this column was still printed under the name Bits & Pieces. Idaho Press-Tribune managing editor Vickie Holbrook had learned of other publications with the same name and encouraged me to start thinking of possibilities for a new name. Ultimately, we picked For the Record. Here are other names that were considered during the process:

As a Matter of Fact

Awful Truth, The

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