phantom observations

Have read about government shutdown and contemplated situation:  Now -- onward to something really important -- the new "Bridget Jones" book. ...

Bridget Jones:  Mad About The Boy

went on sale yesterday.

Helen Fielding, the author of the first two Bridget Jones novels, is listed on Mad's cover as its author, but reading only a little of it on-line convinced me this one was "ghost written."  It just doesn't sound like the same voice. ...

I remain a fan and enthusiastic re-reader of the first two books,
Bridget Jones's Diary
and
Bridget Jones:  The Edge Of Reason.
Would recommend them to anyone.  They are masterworks of comic genius.

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These thoughts caused me to think about ghost writing.
(Ghostwriting?
Ghost writing?
Ghost-writing?)

Picturing -- a white-sheet-clad figure sitting spookily at a desk, typing on computer....

Or -- no one at the desk, but the computer's keys depressing and un-pressing themselves, as Ghost is invisible -- creating player-piano-like effect.

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New Yorker Magazine satirist Andy Borowitz -- recent headlines:


October 1, 2013
MILLIONS FLEE OBAMACARE


October 3, 2013
BOEHNER:  OBAMA STUBBORNLY REFUSING TO END CRISIS I CREATED


September 25, 2013
SENATE REACHES BIPARTISAN DEAL TO SHUT DOWN TED CRUZ


October 11, 2013
HOSTAGE-TAKERS CALL COMPARISONS TO TEA PARTY "HURTFUL"


September 20, 2013
HOUSE REPUBLICANS LINE UP FOR FREE ANNUAL PHYSICALS BEFORE DEFUNDING OBAMACARE


October 7, 2013
TED CRUZ:  DESTROYING ENTIRE PLANET BEST WAY TO STOP OBAMACARE

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