We recently got this email:

We recently got this email.

While it’s wonderful and nice and gratifying to be recognized… uhh…. I couldn’t figure out the best way to respond to this. So I ignored it. Today he sent a follow-up email saying, “I emailed last week… Can you help us spread the word by adding the badge on your blog.” He seems intent on hearing from us (but not big on question marks). Help me craft a response!

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...