Martha Stewart Reprised
In about a month, Martha Stewart will finish serving her five months of "hard time," and will be released from prison in West Virginia, just in time for the "spring planting."
I'm speaking of her again because so many things involving her remain interesting mysteries to me.
Before she was hauled into court, tried, and found guilty, I hadn't paid her the slightest attention, and I am still largely in the dark as to what she did to attain such fame and riches.
Also, though our good friend Steve Bates in Texas tried to make it clear to me, I am still unconvinced as to whether she deserved so much rage on the part of those in the legal game. That may be because I see it as not such a heinous crime to sandbag people who are prying into your financial affairs, especially in matters as trifling and impenetrable as stocks, bonds, debentures, and the like, if all she was apparently doing was resisting the notion, as some have long claimed, that much of our wealth is not real but just numbers on a screen, subject at any time to vanish in a puff of computer smoke. Therefore her probable real crime in all this, her reported arrogance in the deal, can be forgiven.
I know an admirable young woman who, in her teens, was an aspiring ballet dancer.
I always wanted to advise her -- but never did -- that, if in the midst of a command performance, one of her shoes should chance to become unlaced and come off, instead of cursing her luck she should simply ask herself, "How can I take advantage of this bullshit?"
It seems that M. Stewart has done just that. Recently Barbara Walters went to West By God to see how her friend is faring, and reported that Stewart is going to come out of jail 20 pounds lighter, which supposedly is a great boon. Also instead of being harassed and worse by the other inmates, as some predicted, she has apparently made good friends there, and she is trying hard to correct their eating habits by turning them from candy bars to yogurt.
But the main thing is that her chief activity in prison has been in cleaning things. And her favorite things to clean are bathroom floors.
That's something worth pondering for a little, I would say.
I'm speaking of her again because so many things involving her remain interesting mysteries to me.
Before she was hauled into court, tried, and found guilty, I hadn't paid her the slightest attention, and I am still largely in the dark as to what she did to attain such fame and riches.
Also, though our good friend Steve Bates in Texas tried to make it clear to me, I am still unconvinced as to whether she deserved so much rage on the part of those in the legal game. That may be because I see it as not such a heinous crime to sandbag people who are prying into your financial affairs, especially in matters as trifling and impenetrable as stocks, bonds, debentures, and the like, if all she was apparently doing was resisting the notion, as some have long claimed, that much of our wealth is not real but just numbers on a screen, subject at any time to vanish in a puff of computer smoke. Therefore her probable real crime in all this, her reported arrogance in the deal, can be forgiven.
I know an admirable young woman who, in her teens, was an aspiring ballet dancer.
I always wanted to advise her -- but never did -- that, if in the midst of a command performance, one of her shoes should chance to become unlaced and come off, instead of cursing her luck she should simply ask herself, "How can I take advantage of this bullshit?"
It seems that M. Stewart has done just that. Recently Barbara Walters went to West By God to see how her friend is faring, and reported that Stewart is going to come out of jail 20 pounds lighter, which supposedly is a great boon. Also instead of being harassed and worse by the other inmates, as some predicted, she has apparently made good friends there, and she is trying hard to correct their eating habits by turning them from candy bars to yogurt.
But the main thing is that her chief activity in prison has been in cleaning things. And her favorite things to clean are bathroom floors.
That's something worth pondering for a little, I would say.
posted by Carl (aka Sofarsogoo) | 7:34 AM
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