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Though ash is more motivated to respond to letters with which she disagrees than ones she approves of, sometimes an exceptionally well-written letter inspires her to add her own commentary to the points already made. In the case below, ash writes not simply to praise the previous correspondent, but to correct what she perceives to be a misconception about a columnist syndicated by her local paper.
[Name withheld], writing in Sunday’s paper, appeared genuinely outraged by what he saw as [the house cartoonist]’s gratuitous lampooning of Rush Limbaugh and his comments on Michael J. Fox.
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ash’s main squeeze “ashlover” contributes the following in response to an article providing tips for keeping dry, warm, and cozy during the hunting season. Brevity is the soul of wit, anyone?:
Many thanks to reporter Chris Young for relaying hunter Mike Capps’ tips on preventing hypothermia during the hunting season.
Of course, the issue could be avoided altogether if hunters would consider channeling their sports enthusiasm into less “chilling” indoor sports such as bowling and target practice of the two-dimensional, inanimate variety. Or they might devote their excess energy to shooting pool instead of Bambi, Donald and Daffy.
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In her highly subjective style, ash helps the reader make the transition from 2006 to 2007. Note the structure could be employed between any two consecutive years.
Tick, tock. "Le plus change le plus la meme." ("The more change the more the same.") Or, more aptly, "le plus la meme le plus la meme." ("The more the same the more the same.")
Those are the ungrammatical translations from the original French. Soon next year’s arrival will preclude dwelling on this year’s events, much as when, on December 26, the Christmas focus abruptly shifts to New Year’s Eve.
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Around Halloween ash braces herself for the invariable onslaught on the part of Christmas enthusiasts who not-so-secretly consider this a Christian nation. Although they don’t express themselves so overtly, from this mindset comes the natural desire to foist that holiday – and only that holiday – upon the whole society, perceiving themselves martyrs for discrimination and intolerance when not all non-Christians are willing to comply. In this series of letters, thoughts from others alternate with responses from ash. Watch how the precise subject matter shifts:
The annual war on Christmas is in full swing
My husband and I just got back from the opening of “The Nativity Story.” This is a wonderful movie depicting the birth of Christ and is just in time for Christmas.
Of course, it is of no surprise that the annual war on Christmas is already in full force. A decision by the city of Chicago officials banned the producers from showing trailers of the movie on television monitors at an annual German Christmas Festival. The movie highlights the true meaning of Christmas and the city officials didn’t want anyone to be offended by a longstanding tradition that has been around for hundreds of years.