Sorry I’ve been out of touch. I’m busy and sick. Please let me collect myself.
My letter to the oh so ridiculous AP (referencing this article):
“To put it simply: since when is the Valley considered ‘impoverished’? That could not be farther from the truth, sir. McAllen is one of the fastest expanding cities (economically and also in the medical, real estate and business industries) in the United States next to Las Vegas, NV. Yes, there are impoverished people living here, both illegal and legal citizens, but is this uncommon in other American cities; should that simple demographic define who we are? Your apparent lack of research and blatant snobbish attitude toward a considerably vital part of our country’s success is inappropriate, unnecessary, irrelevant to the topic at hand, and disappointing. It is plain lazy journalism, sir, and you should seriously consider revising your article and/or retracting that statement to prevent looking even more ignorant to our financially successful workers than you do already.”My comparison between the writings of Katherine A. Porter and James F. Dobie:
“While Porter’s style of writing is more naturalistic, Dobie’s composition method is very conceptual. Personally, I don’t care for Dobie’s literary technique. He seems to ramble on incoherently; giving erratic examples of what he sees or feels. I find his passage irritating and nonsensical, to say the least. In all honesty, it sounds as though he’s taken some form of LSD to aid his verbalization of Texas. Peyote, perhaps, is the culprit for his doddering way of articulating.”
