Brenda wrote:
> "I am absolutely not a feminist."
> "I prefer the company of men to women, always have. "
> "And I'm constantly lumped in with women with whom I don't belong."
>
> To me these read like very separate thoughts (not like the writer is
> obligated to use ellipses between the statements). I don't feel
> comfortable concluding that Joni related the second statement to the
> first or the third to the second. Who knows what she may have said in
> between? I haven't read much on Joni and feminism, but I wouldn't
> conclude that I understand the reasoning for her position (the first
> statement) based on the two that follow it.
Good catch, Brenda. Sometimes I just boil when I see such suspect "editing"
in print.
> Now for a bit of levity...
Thanks for sending the excerpt of the Chrissie Hynde/k.d. lang interview -
gave me a great LOL and made my day!
> n.p. (or should I say replaying in my head) - This morning's sight of a
> tremendous blue heron, only a few feet away, swooping up from the tiny
> pond in the middle of my friend's cement fortress condo complex (in
> Culver City) with a sizable koi in its beak. It gracefully flew to the
> top of one of the buildings, swallowed the ten pound (or more) Kohaku on
> the spot, rested for a minute and flew away, headed back to what's left
> of the Ballona Wetlands, I suppose.
And another LOL - at my old condo complex they had a couple of large ponds
where several healthy Koi had been peacefully residing for almost 30 years,
growing bigger, stronger and more valuable $$$ every year. A new (and very
evil) condo board eventually took over and learned that they had a great
resale value. There were some who wanted to sell off a few to replenish the
HOA reserves, while others were militant that they not be touched. One day
the board newsletter reported that all the Koi (around 40) had suddenly
disappeared overnight and that it had been concluded that racoons ate them.
Yeah right. And most of the residents still believe that one to this day.
But I smile at the heron who got his fair and square ;-)
Kakki
