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Frey’s Agent Hangs Him Out To Dry

Frey’s Agent Goes on the Record with ‘PW’ - 1/31/2006 - Publishers Weekly
SN: WHEN DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT THE ‘SMOKING GUN’S’ FINDINGS?

EK: James called me a few days before the piece ran to say he had learned they were doing a negative story on him, but I didn’t learn of the specifics until I read it on ‘TSG’ Web site along with everyone else.

SN: ARE YOU CONTINUING TO REP HIM?

EK: No, I am not. In the last week, it became impossible for me to maintain a relationship once the trust had been broken. He eventually did apologize, but I felt for many reasons I had to let him go as a client.

Muggle Parakeets Have Edinburgh’s Owls on the Run

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Flock of Houdini birds hits city
An aggressive parrot, known as the Houdini of the captive bird world, has caused concern after a flock was reported flying over Edinburgh.

Several sightings of a group, as well as individual ring-necked parakeets, are worrying experts who fear they will push out the city’s native birds.

The Indian Himalayan species, which has been escaping from city aviaries, can easily survive freezing temperatures.

The foot-long bird, which lives in tree holes, could displace a native owl.

This seems like it may be a lead-in to the events of Harry Potter Book Seven.

Playwright Wendy Wasserstein Is Dead

‘Heidi Chronicles’ Playwright Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein, 55, a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright who chronicled the triumphs and travails of modern American women, died Jan. 30 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

via Washington Post

This is sad. Wendy Wasserstein was an oft-quoted voice for literacy and humanity.

Shell returns to New Orleans

shell returns to new orleans

Right on!

My grandfather Lamar worked for an oil company in New Orleans for most of his adult life. I want to see the city come back.