Today, it's not so much about mislexia as it is about the coincidences that appear contrived by a B-Movie scriptwriter, but are actually true. Take today's New York Times cover story about trends in treating schizophrenia, Finding Purpose After Living With Delusion. The piece is datelined "Athens, GA" and focuses on Milt Greek - a schizophrenic capably living with the illness. A guy named Greek from Athens? For real? Apparently so.
Reminds me of the time I wrote a feature about New Bedford, MA for Offshore Magazine. I had interviewed Captain Jeff Pontiff of Whaling City Launch Service that operated out of Pope Island Marina. My editor emailed me shortly after I filed the story. "Is this a joke?" he wrote. "Pontiff at Pope Marina?" As a non-Christian, I never even made the connection, but had to laugh when I read my editor's comment.
"Yep, true," I replied. "Sometimes truth is weirder than fiction."
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