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Daisy Jane - Jul 17, 2003 4:46:18 pm PDT #1669 of 10001

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

It was an amazing concept I hadn't thought much about. But, you know, I do notice that the people I worked with at the ad agency smoked much less and the smokers were fewer than at my earlier wage jobs.

To get down to the topic of the thread though. The book reminded me of why I loved journalism in the first place. Not the watered down, don't offend, seem as impartial as possible lest you be called biased that's common. But the sobering reporting on ugly realities people would like to ignore.

Steph L. - Jul 17, 2003 4:48:17 pm PDT #1670 of 10001

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Not the watered down, don't offend, seem as impartial as possible lest you be called biased that's common. But the sobering reporting on ugly realities people would like to ignore.

Nickle and Dimed is gonzo journalism in true Hunter Thompson style. And I really fucking admire it.

deborah grabien - Jul 17, 2003 4:49:45 pm PDT #1671 of 10001

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

It is indeed. And we could use some more of that, especially right now.

Daisy Jane - Jul 17, 2003 4:55:49 pm PDT #1672 of 10001

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

The other thing I like about it, or rather things 1) She admits the limitations of her experiment and 2) This is the really big one for me. She never apologizes for her obvious liberalism. Why should she?

deborah grabien - Jul 17, 2003 4:57:41 pm PDT #1673 of 10001

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

She never apologizes for her obvious liberalism. Why should she?

Damned if I know, love. I certainly never apologise for mine.

Steph L. - Jul 17, 2003 5:03:00 pm PDT #1674 of 10001

I look more rad than Lutheranism

It is indeed. And we could use some more of that, especially right now.

You're not wrong.

deborah grabien - Jul 17, 2003 5:05:50 pm PDT #1675 of 10001

It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

I'm a liberal and I'm right! (channeling James Carville)

Teppy, lurve the tagline. Looks a skosh familiar....

Daisy Jane - Jul 17, 2003 5:06:51 pm PDT #1676 of 10001

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

For some reason people seem to feel the need to sterilize everything before they do this sort of investigation, so that they are seen as objective. To me that sort of misses the point. I find it nearly impossible to be objective about anything that affects real actual human beings. It's not a science experiment for crap's sake, but then I have this whole thing about over valuing reason and logic to the detriment of emotion and intuition.

Steph L. - Jul 17, 2003 5:07:10 pm PDT #1677 of 10001

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Teppy, lurve the tagline. Looks a skosh familiar....

It's just such a VIVID phrase....

Daisy Jane - Jul 17, 2003 5:08:12 pm PDT #1678 of 10001

"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I'm a liberal and I'm right! (channeling James Carville)

One of my favorite Louisianians. I have his mamma's cookbook too! It thrills me to no end to feed some of her food to our conservative guests.

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