The Titanic has hit an iceberg . Judith Miller and her lawyers, in concocting this self-serving excercise in elision and obfuscation, and the editors of the New York Times , in delivering it to their readers, have sent a clear message to the broader public: find a life raft, quick. A newspaper has no higher obligation to its readers than the timely reporting of the truth. The New York Times just officially said goodbye to all that. Whether we look at Miller's hiding behing her notes, her hiding of her notes, her obfuscation of her sources even as she purported to reveal one, or that misspelled name... Valerie Flame ...written on a note pad, but, essentially, according to Miller, signifying nothing ...there could hardly be a more sordid or less satisfying outcome to the "paper of record" coming clean. If this is the best they have to offer, and indeed, that seems to be the case, their readers shouldn't be the only ones looking to the life boats. "the notes...
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on my mind...getting my daughter's portfolio in shape to get into art school. We just came from the art supply store, ($$$) raw materials just waiting to become revelations. We look at paper differently. I see words to be written; she sees images. Either way, a store like that speaks of possibility, inspiration.
Not too much going on with me, have some tests to take this week!
BTW gitlr, there is a great artstore in Beverly MA called Art Supply Wholesale.
I'm taking a break from writing tonight to indulge in some nice, geekly fun. I've programmed the same software I use for my science analysis (MATLAB) to analyze this words.txt list of legal Scrabble words. It's saving important data about the words for further study.
There are sadder things to do on a Sunday night.