the real hero of canton

[rm]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/opinion/22gup.html

Also be sure to enlarge the letters photographed with the story -- they aren't quoted in the piece and are amazing to read:

We are a family of five, just as poor as can be. We buried two babies in the last four years.

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[redstapler.livejournal.com]

::sob::

That's beautiful.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Now, that's what I call a Christmas story. Very very nice. Thank you!

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

*wibbles*

That's a Christmas story for the ages.

[lordcamiliano.livejournal.com]

What a great story. May we all learn from his great example!

[marcmagus]

Small fucking world. (Again, rm?)

Story?

[rm.livejournal.com]

You guys know each other? We worked on a show together, that drove me pretty insane, and I don't think was his idea of an awesome time either.

[lordcamiliano.livejournal.com]

It was insanity, but I definitely had fun. Been itching to work with you again in any capacity.

[rm.livejournal.com]

You know, what's funny about that show is that while I have a lot of bad feelings about it for which I'm as culpable as any of the other parties, I was proud of the work.

I'm hoping to do more stuff again next year -- with Patty being home for a long stretch and some of the book craziness dying down, once I get my novel drafts done in the first quarter, it's time for me to do stage stuff again.

[marcmagus]

College.

He was in this show I directed. It (and he) was pretty damn good. Not that he needs his ego inflated, unless things have changed. ;)

[lordcamiliano.livejournal.com]

hehehehe

[lordcamiliano.livejournal.com]

Worked together on a show my first year in NYC. How do you guys know each other?

[marcmagus]

We're in this dance group together.

[virginia-fell.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's just grand...

[rm.livejournal.com]

I was functional reading the article until the coats. Then I was crying.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Ladies and/or gentlemen, could you please all rise for the singing of It's a Small World (After All).
Relative of mine met the owners of six of those coats, and the notes meant an order of magnitude more than the coats, which meant rather a lot. "The Yanks will come,you know, they always do."
I'm crying now, and I don't care who knows it. They're good tears.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

*peers over shoulder*

I can understand. I got a bit teary right then, too.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

That's a wonderful thing to hear about today. Thanks!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Thank you.