“The only newspaper I
continue to read with any regularity — in hard copy, I mean — is our folksy
neighborhood weekly. It survives by pretending it’s 1962, complete with what we
used to call ‘chicken-dinner’ news. I mean no condescension. I read it
faithfully every Thursday, even the ads. . . .
“The writing can be clunky and leans toward
earnestness, but is never slick or trendy. A recent front-page story documented
the swarms of grackles, starlings and cowbirds that congregate at twilight at a
nearby intersection and shit on cars.”
—Patrick
Kurp, writer and blogger, “‘Asservation Is Today the Rage’,” Anecdotal Evidence, Jan. 24, 2018. (Thanks to
alert WORDster Tony Seton)
• Editorial Comment: More bird news you can use.
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“I
don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. 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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