Wednesday, March 31, 2004
CORRECTIONS: I suppose everyone knows I go back and sneak changes into entries after the fact. It has occurred to me that when I do so, the reason might be as interesting (yawn) as well as the fact that I did it. So, here goes. Today, in ROIL (033104) I went back and changed 'darksiders' to 'spooks' in the phrase "Wait until someone discovers the darksiders and footpads from....." The reason? This is what they were called back at the time of the Watergate hearings. Spooks. And, this is what they should be called now. Spooks. This came to me while walking Franklin later. I didn't see a spook, but I remembered the word out of the glompus of my brain and wanted to fix it. I have also been grasping whenever I want to say how many teevee and/or movies are listed for a certain actor or director. I was reminded, this morning, in an article in the LATimes, that these are called 'credits'! Of course. SO I have changed the comment in ALICE'S RESTAURANT (033004) to say that E. Emmett Walsh has 141 credits listed in his IMDb profile and I will try to continue to remember and use this term in future. There. Isn't it more interesting to see how and why I corrected something?