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“The digital tsunami is absorbing, distracting and all-consuming — and increasingly it feels like work. Staying up to the minute is a grind, not a pleasure.” 

—David Mikics, op-ed, “In Praise of (Offline)Slow Reading,” The New York Times, Jan. 3, 2014

• Editorial Comment: I am water-boarded every day.

• PS: In this context, a mea culpa: Yesterday’s WORD from Benjy Franklin, as many alert WORDsters have pointed out, was a fake. Hey, you get what you pay for. Fortunately, I have 1,800 fact-checkers out there. Good work, you guys. Could you flame me *before* I embarrass myself?

PeezPix by Ted Pease 

The Boathouse (best view on the harbor)









PeezPix. ted.pease@gmail.com

TODAY'S WORD ON JOURNALISM is a free “service” sent to the 1,800 or so misguided subscribers around the planet. If you have recovered from whatever led you to subscribe and don’t want it anymore, send “unsubscribe” to ted.pease@gmail.com. Or if you want to afflict someone else, send me the email address and watch the fun begin. (Disclaimer: I just quote ’em, I don’t necessarily endorse ’em. But all contain at least a kernel of insight. Don’t shoot the messenger.) 
 
Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. ted.pease@gmail.com. (Be)Friend Dr. Ted, Professor of Interesting Stuff

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard
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