Ann Arbor Sucks really wanted
Ann Arbor Sucks really wanted to do an Art Fair entry, but became disoriented upon stepping out into State Street from the Michigan Union. Mirrored cityscape wall hangings blinded. Public librarians with pamphlets beckoned menacingly - was I using the Ann Arbor library system to its full potential? Suddenly, the two-dollar bottles of water became like a mirage to a delirious traveler.
So it’s back to The Ann Arbor News this week.
A “jeer,” according to m-w.com, is a “taunt.” It isn’t a “sober and constructive criticism.” But too often, that’s what you get from the News’ “Cheers and Jeers” column. Having singlehandedly discovered the serendipitous accident of these two opposite-meaning words rhyming, the News is content to rest on its laurels.
This week’s entry takes small-town niceness to a new level. The column contains four cheers - and no jeers! Out here in Middle America, if you don’t have something nice to say…