I caught NY Times columnist Steve Smith with his hand in the prefabricated, stock sentence jar. He simply pulled one out, and inserted the piece and composer. It originally read:
Countless details surfaced with the impact of fresh revelations during a concluding performance of “__________” by __________, which ebbed and flowed with suitable capriciousness but never lost coherence.
Shame on you! Go to your room! And no TV for a week!
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2/20/08
Shame on Steve Smith!
Posted by Empiricus at 1:17 PM
Labels: NY Times, prefabricated stock sentence jar, Steve Smith
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3 comments:
Aw, be nice, Steve Smith has 37 career TD's and 5,927 yards.
Nice to know what he does in the off-season though.
(Thought I'd continue with the football thread).
You know, I'll grant you that with the composer and piece removed from that line, it really does look like I phoned it in... or perhaps punted, to continue anthonys's football metaphor. But honestly, the piece was Debussy's "La Mer," which was precisely why I selected the words "surfaced," "ebbed" and "flowed." That might not get me off your hook, but at least it suggests I was still awake, no?
1) Thanks for taking it with a grain of salt.
2) It must have been a slow classical music review day. I'll admit that it was certainly a bit nitpicky, more so than usual.
3) I'll also let you off our hook. You did seem awake, though a cup of coffee might have helped.
Keep up the good. Cheers!
-Empiricus
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