But I mean to lump all of those letters in with the idea that they are excusing? Or that it's even dissent? I don't get it. That has to be really sloppy reading.

I responded that he totally misread my letter and I don't understand why. But like Burrell said, he likely won't respond.

I'll will be very happy to participate in any capacity. (you mean, I'm receiving instead of sending, right?) Especially if the result is TJs yumminess. And then if I don't make it to TJs over the weekend (it's like 1.5 hours from my parents), I won't be crushed.

Right! Cool!

Maybe he's in a place that where he's a hammer and everything looks like a nail.

That, and a lazy-ass reading and response to a bunch of letters some of which had completely different points, regardless of what he thought (or thought he read) of them. I don't read his blog. Is it often like that?

Oh, and Perkins' post prompted me to check, and I am moving to within four miles of a TJ's. It just gets better and better.

ETA: And I don't really care if his blog is always like that or not. I'm extremely grouchy right now, apparently.

ETAA: OK, it's actually eight miles, but that works!

Yay - lucky me!

I have to say, I'm having a lot of fun wearing these new boots. They're a bit too too for the average work day, but fuck all that.

If it helps, Allyson, Sullivan got schooled on Bill Maher over the weekend.

BTW, Allyson, FWIW I think the Kitty Genovese thing has been modified over the years. I believe social researchers no longer think that people stood by and did nothing, rather the tenants in the building did not recognize what they were hearing due to acoustics, etc.

Allyson, great letter. I'm gonna have my kids read it. I'm so happy that I know one of them is a fireman. He already runs toward fires, for reals. I want to say the rest of us are.

Haven't gone to Sullivan's blog and right now I really don't want to.

BTW, Allyson, FWIW I think the Kitty Genovese thing has been modified over the years. I believe social researchers no longer think that people stood by and did nothing, rather the tenants in the building did not recognize what they were hearing due to acoustics, etc.

Yeah, also that he dragged her a pretty far distance, so a lot of people heard something, then looked out the window, and by that point there wasn't anything to see in their line of vision, so they figured it was nothing and went back to whatever they were doing. There was a bar on that block, so yelling on the street wasn't unusual.

"This American Life" this weekend is kind of awesome.

Part 2. Part 2 is focused on a gay young Mormon man in Utah. I will leave it there for the description because the whole audio must be heard. I literally squealed in the car while driving at least 3 times.

Especially during the part where Ira Glass says, almost inaudibly, (I had to rewind to catch it again) "Oh my God" after a particular confession from the interview subject. I have never heard Glass say such a thing and thing is? I said the SAME thing about then too!