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Message: [QUOTE="ucmiami2, post: 5254063, member: 13062"] I agree. They can be a bit pompous and ponderous, and I can occasionally think they are blowing smoke out their ___, but they take the written word seriously which is refreshing in a world that showers in sound bites and the pursuit of the whatever is going to be next. I used to love the sports writers who followed baseball, because like the game itself, they took the time: to reflect on the whole history of the game, and used that as context to the current game and season; the context of the world in which the games had been and were now being played, etc. It helped that the game had been around for ever, and had been fully documented. When I lived in England I found a corollary to the writers following cricket which is the ultimate 'you have days' contest in which to contemplate your navel, as the true form can last five days. [/QUOTE]