Archive for December 24, 2010
And So This Is Christmas
by John Weckerle
Senior Consumer Affairs Consultant Wilson digs deep to get the answers.
The denizens of New Mexico Central headquarters are, finally, settling into a quiet and comfortable Christmas Eve – so far, at least, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed – with dinner nearly ready and presents wrapped and under the tree. The last of the lighting we’ll do for this year got finished this afternoon. As situations would have it, we’ll likely be the only ones seeing it this year – but we’ll enjoy it, and we’ll see about posting a picture if we don’t doze off too early.
Senior Consumer Affairs Correspondent Wilson has launched a “barker” investigation: What really lies at the bottom of the frozen dairy industry?
The time leading up to the holidays has been a bit of a challenge here; there have been some aggressive viruses, trips to the emergency room and thence to the hospital in general, and an important present that got lost – but, for the most part, all of this has been sorted out.
The most difficult part, though, is that we have a close family member who is unexpectedly fighting for his life. There has been a great degree of pessimism, but I do not share it, and thus far I have been right at every critical turn. Nobody is right all the time, but I’ve called it correctly each time so far and I am not giving up now. Any kind thoughts and prayers would, of course, be appreciated.
All that having been said, we wish all our readers who observe the holiday a happy, joyous, and loving Christmas!
Wherein, We Apologize
by John Weckerle
We have received a response from one Brady McElligott to an article (Would You Like Some Apples With Those Oranges) we posted in in the relatively distant past (September 26), which indicates that some apologies are in order:
- To our readers, for apparently confusing the issue at hand with a typo in the first paragraph, inadvertently adding an “e” to the end of Valeri McElligott’s first name one out of the three times we used it in the article.
- To the Moriarty Public Library, for our apparently incorrect thinking that Valeri McElligott was the head librarian. We’d like to point out to the City of Moriarty and the library that this page suggests that this is the case, and recommend that the City do something about updating and/or removing it.
- To the Mountain View Telegraph for not linking to their Letters to the Editor, which contained Valeri McElligott’s observations on the subject of the Muslim community center proposed for downtown Manhattan.
We have replied to Mr. McElligott’s specific comments in detail.