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Monday, January 03, 2005

EARLY MORNING BLOG
in which UD is forced to acknowledge
that her beloved newspaper of record
is sometimes a mite out of touch.




From today's New York Times:


"Ms. Gruber's life was troubled from early on. She was born and grew up on West End Avenue near 103rd Street on the Upper West Side, the daughter of two history professors. She attended the private Bank Street School ... "

"Ms. Gruber lives next door to a firehouse, Ladder 25, and felt the loss of firefighters at close quarters on Sept. 11, 2001. Like many others, she experienced a 'life is short' moment, and she decided to have gastric bypass surgery."