Now Enough About Me, How About More About Me?

Many gossip columns, including this one, employ the use of its own name from time to time. FishbowlDC hears…, a FishbowlDC spy told us…, and so forth. It’s an odd but widely accepted humanizing of a column. But there’s a line that needn’t be crossed. When you notice too many self-mentions, you might just want to drown us in our own Fishbowl. Note to self: Keep mentions light and scarce and use only when necessary.

Roll Call‘s HOH went a little overboard on the self-mentions Monday when it used six HOH’s in its column.

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