E D I T O R ’ S N O T E
AMERICANWAY
NOVEMBER 1 2007
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But before doing that, I need
to tell you,
again
, that if you
want to have a say in who wins
our sixth annual Road Warrior
search, you need to vote now.
After November 14, we will not
be accepting any more votes,
nomatter howmany times you
e-mail us tellinghow thedogate
your computer.
So save yourself that trouble
and head to
mag.com right now.Once there,
take a look at the fiveentrieswe
chose (from almost 7,000) and
cast your vote for the one you
thinkdeserves towin.
Of course, we wouldn’t ask
you to help us without offering
you an incentive. And it’s a
mighty nice incentive. Just for
voicing your opinion, you’ll be
entered inadrawing for25,000
AAdvantagebonusmiles. Pretty
generous, don’t you think?
As was the case last year, the
person who receives the most
votes will be our grand-prize
winner andwill receive twomil-
lion Hilton HHonors Bonus
Points, one million American
Airlines AAdvantage bonus
miles, and a two-yearmember-
ship to theAdmiralsClub.
Thesecond-placewinner(yes,
that’s the one who receives the
second-highestnumberofvotes)
gets a bunch of nice gifts, in-
cluding the Lifestyle 48 home
entertainment system, aSound-
Dock digital music system, and
apairofQuietComfort3Acous-
ticNoiseCancellingheadphones
— all fromBose. He or she will
also receive a four-night vaca-
tion for twoatHiltonLosCabos
BeachandGolfResort, courtesy
of AmericanAirlines Vacations,
as well as a one-year Admirals
Clubmembership.
The third-place winners will
each get a four-night vacation
for two at Hilton Cancun Golf
and SpaResort fromAmerican
Airlines Vacations and enjoy a
one-year Admirals Club mem-
bership. Oops! I almost forgot:
On top of all that, each of the
fivewinnerswill receiveaPana-
sonic Toughbook W5 laptop
computer.
A lot of youhave already vot-
ed, and thecompetition is close.
I definitely havemy own favor-
ites, having spent somuch time
with these people, er, entries,
and it’s fun watching to see if
others have been moved the
same way I was. But I imagine
that, like last year (and just like
in eBay auctions), it will all
comedown to thewire.
If you weren’t one of the
fi
-
nalists, don’t be sad— at least
not yet.We receivedmanygreat
haikus andphotos, andwe’ll be
featuring those in our January
15, 2008, issue. So youmay still
see your name in lights— or at
least inblackandwhite.
Huh. Thatwasn’t sodiffi ult.
I’ve said all I needed to say, and
nary a word needs to be cut.
Think anyone would notice if I
just repeatedmyself in every is-
sue?Stay tuned…
Thanks for all the great en-
tries thisyear, and thanks inad-
vance for helping us choose the
winners!
This issue, Ihave theseeminglyeasy jobofbasically justrepeat-
ingwhatItoldyou lastissue.Isay“seemingly”becausealthough
Ioftenput offwriting this column,when I
fi
nallyget started, I
can’t stop. All of a sudden, I have
way
toomany words, and
they’reall
way
tooprecious to cut. Perhaps I should startwrit-
ing this as a serial: Each issue, I can just endwith “Tobe con-
tinued.” Hmm, I’ll have to give that one somemore thought.
Don’tWait!WhereHave
YouHeardThisBefore?
Sherri Gulczynski Burns
Editor
