\t\t\t\tjust had an opportunity to rebuff a reporter, from the wsj, looking for a
\npots interview. (pots = person on the street). i just said “no thank you”,
\nbut feel proud of myself for staying true to my commitment of never
\ntalking to reporters again. this would have been harmless, i think, as a
\nhurricane quip-seeker she appeared to be, but still, there is no anonymity
\nany more, and if i said something that could be remotely interpreted as
\nlacking in 100% certitude and which had any lack of merit then there’d be
\na big bowel movement from recalcitrant commenters taking their daily dump
\non me. who needs that? plus, how was i to know she is really from the wsj?
\nmaybe she had ID somewhere, but i didn’t see it. i guess you could say she
\nwon the altercation, since she prevented me from using the payphone of my
\nchoice, because she was standing next to it. lots of people out today,
\nstill lots of gusts and wind, a hint of rain, but mostly the storm was
\ngone by the time i woke up at 11am. i got my money’s worth out of the
\nsound of the rain from about 1am on. that was righteous. otherwise, we
\ndodged a bullet here. as i predicted yesterday, i expect the lawsuits
\nand the fingerpointing and the bottomless reserve of sarcasm to rise up
\nfrom the litigious corners of the east coast and from all segments of the
\nmedia. one more reason to ignore the internet, television, radio,
\nnewspapers, and anything connected to those outlets for a while, which i
\nwas going to do anyway, because it’s almost September. really, though, i
\navoid reporters and going on record with journalists because i’ve done
\nenough of it to know that while i never got burned you have to stay alert
\nto the fact that their interests are not the same as yours, and they are
\nnot generally trying to make you famous or understand you.<\/p>\n
there was a huge quantity of siren noise at about noontime. i don’t know
\nwhat was up with that but it really sounded like a big response to
\nwhatever they were responding to.<\/p>\n
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