well i don't think ted ever intentionally tried to hide it..

one of the reasons that you might not have realized that he was indeed the grand maestro is because he posts in here and makes comments just like all the rest of us. he is not the typical admin. and i find that very very cool.

I didn't mean to imply he hid it....I just noticed on his 4 recent posts (only) that he used the subtle phase "my wife (that's Mrs Kerin)" very "a la Columbo".

It's the first time I ever noticed in his posts the Columbo-like reference.

I often like to put "..oh, just one more thing...", and other Columbo-like phrases in my posts.

It's just I noticed this little thing that kept botherin' me. Was I missing some subtle hidden reference? I think I was.

When I saw it again, it struck me. Maybe it was intended, maybe it was coincidental...but I just don't know how he's gonna' explain it.

bob said...
"I didn't mean to imply he hid it...."

bob..bob..bob...i was joking, my friend...

and yes..i know you like putting little columboesque stuff in your posts...very endearing.

I just prefer the more informal "Ted". It took me many years to forgive my parents for naming me Theodore

I have no reason to assume "everybody will know" I'm the same Ted who co-authors the site, but it's still a relatively unusual first name (it declined quickly in popularity right after Teddy Roosevelt), so I figure our regular visitors would know after a while. Especially since I post fairly often in reply to technical questions or problems about the forum or the site.

But when I post about "Columbo", it's just as any other fan. Usually I am much more interested to know what everybody else has to say about Columbo, than in expressing my own opinion. That's why I seldom reply in threads about "favorite" episodes or scenes, etc, unless somebody asks me directly.