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People with an attitude

In collaboration with the editorial staff of Globe Weekly News

EGO TRIP OR TOO MUCH POWER?
By David Blum and Shoshanna Rosenstein

MARTHA STEWART KNOWS BEST.  REALLY?

Martha Stewart is building houses, now. From designing  to construction and from lecturing on how to live to how to create the perfect house for you. Creative but strong-headed, Stewart wants to do what she wants to do, and this includes deciding on  basic and advanced architecture and building standards and requirements. Is she listening to her architects and engineers? Are you kidding? Of course not! She is telling her fleet of interior designers and architects what to do, what to design, how to design the thing and how to built the stuff. "I know what I am doing, you do what I am telling you to do. I know best.", said Stewart to her architects and engineers. Did she learn anything from her past experience? No! Did jail sojourn teach her anything? No! Does she believe in humility? No! Does she know best? Oh Yes! Is she the best of the best? She thinks so. But insiders are telling outsiders they got it wrong. Stewart is building ice cream and chocolate cakes houses, not real houses. "Sugar cubes and royal icing serve as the bricks and mortar for this confectionery Christmas house., with a few architectural details—peppermint sticks for roof shingles, jelly beans to line the windows, and rock candy along the rooftop", said  Martha Stewart Living assistant holiday and crafts editor Kelli Ronci, who helped Martha  creating these enchanting houses. But the outsiders came back and told the insiders "Bull....t. Martha is building brick and cement houses. We looked at her chimneys design.  And Stewart's instructions were clear. This is what she told her architects "To make the chimney, cut a small rectangle from a thin piece of cardboard. Score it with a knife three times (to create the four sides of the chimney), and fold it into a box shape." Confusing? You bet!  But do not be confused, for de facto, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia officially announced a new licensing agreement with KB Home, one of America's largest and most successful community developers, in which the designs of three of Stewart's personal residences will be used as the only  inspiration for the  construction of new homes to be built by the developers. But whether it is a cake house or a brick house, Stewart will not take instruction or advice from architects, interior designers, investors and community developers. She kept on telling her crew: " I know best. And it is going to be my way or else..."And what do we call this? Attitude. And Martha is here to crown our list of "people with an attitude"! Welcome, dear!

 

New York Post's Jared Paul Stern: "We know how to destroy people, it's what we do. We do it without creating liability. That's our specialty."

Photo: Columnist Jared Paul Stern, shown at a fashion show in 2003, is accused of trying to extort money from a billionaire. "We know how to destroy people," Stern said.

Yes sir! The media can make you or break you. And some greedy and malicious reporters are in a powerful position to destroy your life. They know pretty well, you are hopeless, because you cannot sue them, for they are protected by the 1st Amendment; The Freedom of Speech, that is! What the New York Post's Jared Paul Stern allegedly said, according to The New York Times: "We know how to destroy people, it's what we do. We do it without creating liability. That's our specialty." echoes this alarming tragedy...and threat, IF it is true. If Mr. Stern's statement turned out to be true, then, and only then, Mr. Stern is a troubled man with an attitude. Read the whole story/article "Federal Investigation:  Powerful gossips columnist allegedly tried to extort money from a California billionaire in the " in the Gossips Page" of this issue."

EBay buyer of Bridgeville puts the California town back on auction block

The tiny town of Bridgeville is up for sale again on EBay, complete with its dozen houses, cafe and post office. Two years after Bill Krall bought the entire northern California town for $700,000 on the Internet auction site, he's flipping it. Minimum bid this time: $1.75 million. Krall, a Southern California financial adviser, said personal family commitments prevented him from ever moving to the town about 48 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean, according to his EBay listing. He said he "spent a lot of money and a lot of effort" cleaning up the 33 hectares among the redwoods northwest of San Francisco. The town was once a hub for a local stagecoach route and a stop on the historical Pony Express mail service. A fire station and a school for elementary students are nearby. Krall said he has received e-mails and phone calls from as far away as China and Germany inquiring about the sale. "The world has a fascination with being able to buy a town," Krall said. "You can come in and name it after yourself if you want and be the mayor, chief of police and secretary of interior all at the same time." The auction, which started Tuesday, ends May 4. As of midday Thursday, there had been no bids.

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