The dance is over
I've always been an ardent supporter of my city newspaper since I've moved here some...how long ago...I can't remember...years ago. There's no real reason except for the fact that many people bash it so I (being con...contemptible? contrary?) MUST defend its honor like a virgin princess on a pirate ship or my oddly shaped cat (who was the runt of his litter and that's why his head is small but he's eaten ginormous amounts of food since his non-eating days in the pound so that's why his body is rectangular not unlike a cow).
Zekey's close relative
But today, I say no more. Me and my boxy cat have better things to stand up for.
Why this change of heart? I suppose I've known all along that the AJC was a small-town local paper suddenly stuffed into a ballgown and shoved onto the big city dance floor when Atlanta's population exploded in the 80s. The paper never learned how to dance properly (unlike moi, the dancing queen! oh wait that's ABBA) and it still moves awkwardly in its white-boy hip-hop way.
The ball ended this morning (how painful are these allusions or metaphors or whatever the hell they're called - HEY, English is my second language!). On the front page (front page!) of the online edition was a story about ONE EMAIL CAUGHT BY A SPAM FILTER. Not even a bunch of emails. Not even...nothing, hell there's no way to make this story a story.
It's not like the world is hurting for real new stories. New countries are sprouting up (Montenegro!), the government thinks we're all terrorists (so does AT&T) and Keith Richards is still alive (how?).
I can't even bring myself to link to it. Oh alright, but just so you can't say I'm a liar (about this; I lie so much, though, it's not even...no, it is funny):
First, here's proof that it was on the front page (front page!):
I know the "reporter" is "trying" to make a conspiracy out of it, but one email marked as spam is...just, really, one email marked as spam. End of non-story.
I'm just going to limit myself to reading the headlines of Le Monde from now on. At least when they have stupid stories, half the time, I won't understand it. The rest of the time, I'm thinking, "HOLY CRAP, I CAN READ FRENCH!". Or I pretend I can.
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