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Gnome Dux

I tried but I couldn't watch the Gnome's utterances: just seeing the bobbing of that beaky nose and that awful Ro-Ventriloquist gashy mouth reminds me of Punch and Judy rolled in one.

On more serious matters, I was reminded by the June 25 edition of the BI Review what a soul-destroying trade journalism can be.

Not just the photos they have to print, such as the pic of that monied intruder clambering up to proclaim that, "Some day, all that gone be ruined, too", but the ghastly prose they have to eke out.

God help (and bless) Staff Writer Douglas Crist as he had to swallow back the bile to include in his Downtown shifting eastward article such abominations as

• Mixed-use project
• "Get in front of the Winslow merchants."
• Mix of tenants with 'synergy' and 'local flavor'
• Significant infusion of new retail space
• Winslow Way as it exists ... beautiful example of retail that's animated and interesting and vibrant (sic)
• Waterfronte-themed names ... "Schooner", "Starfish", "Kayak" etc
• Different streeet environment
• Foot traffic
• Retail eclectica
• Dark retail

Since they have, and I've been too late to arrange Black & Dekker interface with certain moneyed kneecaps, may I at least suggest "Shark Fin" and "Puget Opulent Vista" be added to the silly namings above as well as 'Sea Lion', 'Beach' and whatever else they come up with.