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November 17, 2006

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I have to give a shout-out to Andy's Blog reader DONALD, who cracked me up this morning when I read his posts from the last few days. Donald very aptly noticed that I am wearing the same blue pinstriped sportcoat in my headshot that appears on the top of this blog, PLUS in the picture with Amy Sedaris in Monday's blog AND in a picture with Bruce in last Friday's blog. He posted yesterday after my date blog and said: "I hope you wore your favorite blue pinstripe jacket. It seems to bring you good fortune."

Donald, it just so happens that I DID wear that jacket on the date and it did look swell. I can only wear it every few weeks at this point because it is easy to spot and I don't want people thinking I wear it every day. (I know you already think I do.) I learned from experience telling a teacher at Meramec Elementary school, "You already wore that dress this week," that people do not love to hear that. But I love that damn jacket, and paid more for it two years ago (at Seize sur Vingt on Elizabeth Street) than I ever have before, so I am not retiring it anytime soon.

Now that I have cleared up the most pressing Andy's Blog comment, let me move on to CRIS. CRIS was very upset with my comments in a blog called The Day After and apparently wants to strangle and kill me. He (she?) wrote with numerous mispellings (like me):

"Andy, I read your blog simply because, like a horrible car accident, I can not tear myself away from the consistantly ignorant statements that you, apparently, consider clever. Today, you have gone beyond the pale. Sophie's Choice, which you so flippantly cite regarding your (self-facinating) social schedule, was a heart-rending choice of which of her two children to save from certain death; a decision which ultimately led her to suicide. "Sophie's Choice" is thus a term used to describe a TRAGIC decision. The content of your blog suggests you are an insufferable, self-indulgent idiot. That you have gained a position of responsibility in the media is both frightning and abhorent given your apparent lack of basic knowledge, and lack of self-restraint. As they say on Project Runway, 'the taste-level just isn't there.'"

Cris, I do know what a "Sophie's Choice" is and I believe I was correctly using the term to characterize what was, to ME in the moment, a tragic decision. I wrote, "Bruce and I had purchased a table for a Friends in Deed benefit last night and I had a Sophie's Choice on my hands when an invitation came in to go to Game 7 of the Cards/Mets Playoffs." Choosing between going to the charity event with Bruce or to Game 7 of the playoffs was like deciding which of my children ... I have two pieces of advice for you Cris: please do try to spellcheck your letters to supposed idiots before firing them off and condemning them for lack of knowledge and for representing the garbage can that is the media, and whatever you do -- please Cris, do NOT see Borat. I really think you will be offended.

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