Oh, oh, oh–shall we stop the presses?
Cranky DNA pioneer James Watson–who seems to have no clue that making oneself widely hated is not very clever–has worked out that headlines ensue when he says something rude enough about any random large group of human beings. (So far, he’s confined himself to insulting groups not male-plus-macho-plus-white, but probably only because that’s where the headlines are.)
I think headline writers should take a strong clue from my headline.
4 responses so far ↓
1 TA // Oct 18, 2007 at 2:43 pm
And yet here you are, blogging from Spain after whilring through Ireland and Norway. Whatever happened to “autumn in Sweden”? Admit it, you decided to take Watson’s advice: Avoid Boring People. ;)
2 Montauk Rider // Oct 18, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Maybe there are no “boring people” but only people who fail to appreciate others regardless of their apparent “greatness.” I’ve known this author for many a year, and she does not “avoid boring people.” She does, however, magnetically attract very interesting people. Right now the author and her husband are working. Do not fault them that their work calls upon them to travel.
3 TA // Oct 19, 2007 at 3:58 am
Hey, Montauk, “fault her”? Anybody who decides to get out of boring Sweden (especially in the fall) scores big with me! Let me tell you, I’d trade Spain (anywhere in Spain) for Stockholm any day. :)
4 Betsy Devine // Oct 19, 2007 at 4:16 am
Hugs to you both, and I wish you could be here to enjoy the palm trees and pilgrims. We head back to Stockholm on Sunday, suitcases bulging with laundry and wonderful books about Irish and Galician history.
Frank is working much harder than I am here, though of course any writer is always “working” on research–I’m sure that’s what Hemingway thought he was doing while slugging down vats of the strong stuff in Harry’s Bar.