{"id":7243,"date":"2011-09-13T19:54:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T02:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=7243"},"modified":"2011-09-13T19:54:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T02:54:29","slug":"musings-while-painting-a-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/13\/musings-while-painting-a-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings while painting a wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the non-posting. I’ve been taking advantage of unseasonably good weather and a break in deadlines to do a burst of late-summer projects.<\/p>\n

During breaks in yardwork and painting, I’ve watched mindlessly entertaining videos like The Human Slinky<\/a> and the Bed-Sheet Cat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Occasionally even mind-activating videos like the ad for the new drug Complyacin<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Or getting my Bovard fix. He has a good take on the “effectiveness” of federal job-training programs<\/a>. <\/p>\n

(I can’t believe I have friends who write for the Wall Street Journal<\/i>. So respectable! And speaking of respectable, I just learned today that an old acquaintance has a minor planet named after him. He calls it an asteroid, but that’s not what it says online. I don’t actually know the difference. Anyhow, you’ve got to admit that having your name on even an asteroid or a “minor” planet is a bigger deal than most of us will ever earn.)<\/p>\n

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Commentor Old Printer swore off the blog today, calling my attitude “vile.” He was talking about the caption I put on that ghastly falling-man photo on 9-11<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t surprised to see him go. He had interesting things to say and I’m sorry he left. But he was quick to anger, especially over any implication that the U.S. government might be anything but well-meaning and fundamentally decent — bumbling, perhaps, but always benevolent.<\/p>\n

Whether I’m vile, you’ll have to judge. It’s possible. In any case, the photo was vile and I’m surprised somebody else didn’t object to it right away. I’d rather it had never been published anywhere. It seems indecent to capture the last seconds of a man’s life that way. Falling Man’s clothes are distinctive. Some wife, some mother, some child probably knows who he is and will live with that image forever. I’ll probably remove it as soon as it rolls off to page two; it feels wrong having it on the blog.<\/p>\n

But the caption? It was only the truth. One of many.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the non-posting. I’ve been taking advantage of unseasonably good weather and a break in deadlines to do a burst of late-summer projects. During breaks in yardwork and painting, I’ve watched mindlessly entertaining videos like The Human Slinky and the Bed-Sheet Cat. Occasionally even mind-activating videos like the ad for the new drug Complyacin. \ud83d\ude42 Or getting my Bovard fix. He has a good take on the “effectiveness” of federal job-training programs. (I can’t believe I have friends who write for the Wall Street Journal. So respectable! And speaking of respectable, I just learned today that an old acquaintance…<\/p>\n

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