'Real' news.

Superman doesn't wear red panties anymore.

Just so you know.

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6 of the top 10 stories on the KTVZ site are about fires. Not a word about the Bulletin, though.

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I think that the Bulletin's travails was Real News; and yet, other than their own (understandably) self-serving stories, there was little information to be found.

I expect we'll hear almost nothing from here on out.

I think it impacted on me more than most news because I've been reading the Bulletin forever; it's always been here. Unlike others, I've thought it is a pretty good local paper. They may have bought into the real estate hype, but in my opinion no more than any other newspaper probably would have. I think their editorial slant is awfully conservative, but then so is most of Bend.

I had just about the most hits and page counts yesterday than I've ever had, which reflects interest in the story and a paucity of places to explore it.

I didn't feel schadenfreude, just surprise.

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Went out to the Badlands to write yesterday, and unlike the time before, it wasn't exactly comfortable. It was hot -- and muggy. It was kind of fun to be in nature during the thunderstorm ,though.

Wrote half a chapter, and came back and realized I'd duplicated what I'd written before. Now I have to choose one version or the other, or try to integrate the two.