` **Let's start with Thomas H. Johnston, president of Carlton Cards retail and Senior Vice President, Creative and Merchandising.  You make it sound like he jumped ship from Hallmark straight to American Greetings, but that isn't the case.  According to American Greetings' 2006 SEC Form 10-K filing: ``Thomas H. Johnston was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sutton Place Gourmet, a Gourmet food retailer, from July 1995 until July 2000, where he remained as Chairman until February 2001. He was Managing Director of Gruppo, Levey & Co., an investment banking firm focused on the direct marketing and specialty retail industries, from November 2001 until May 2004, when he became Senior Vice President and President of Carlton Cards Retail. Mr. Johnston became Senior Vice President, Creative and Merchandising in December 2004.``  If Mr. Johnston had went directly from Hallmark to American Greetings, that may be suspious.  He hadn't worked for Hallmark in at least 9 years before he was hired on at American Greetings.  That isn't as fishy as you make it sound.  `