I’m Famous

I emailed a friend from childhood about my Jewish Journal cover. She replied:

Indeed you are.  This is quite an article.  It sounds like a love/hate relationship with the Jewish world and reporters.  But I applaud your willingness to expose dishonesty inspite of threats to you personally.  You haven’t changed–what courage. Now Luke, you must admit this is a trait like your father’s–courage. And I trust you would not ruin someone’s reputation with untruths about them.

Now, on a different note, I always did say you would be rich and famous one day.  Well, the famous has happened, now we’ll wait for the rich! Most of all, I pray for your safety.

I emailed my mother. She responded:

Which, oh which are you?

 

Roget’s New Millennium¬Å Thesaurus Main Entry: FAMOUS
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: notable
Synonyms: acclaimed, applauded, august, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, extraordinary, foremost, glorious, grand, great, honored, illustrious, important, imposing, in limelight*, in spotlight*, influential, leading, lionized, memorable, mighty, much-publicized, noble, noted, noteworthy, notorious, of note, outstanding, peerless, powerful, pre-eminent, prominent, recognized, remarkable, renowned, reputable, signal, splendid, talked of, well-known

Roget’s New Millennium¬Å Thesaurus Main Entry: INFAMOUS
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shameful
Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, bad, base, caitiff, contemptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, egregious, evil, flagitious, foul, hateful, heinous, ignominious, ill-famed, iniquitous, loathsome, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, questionable, rotten, scandalous, scurvy, shady, shocking, sorry, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked Antonyms: reputable Notes: famous means widely known, renowned, and esteemed while infamous means having an exceedingly bad reputation, notorious

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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