Today's batch of reader complaints and comments comes with a side order of big ears.
At least Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has got a sense of humor about those satellite dishes on the sides of his face.
Donna Arnold-Dungy insisted that her brother-in-law Colts coach Tony Dungy has nothing to do with her calling to complain about a column item that compared Obama's and Dungy's big ears. When the coach was at the MOA making people jump through too many hoops for an autograph on his children's book "You Can Do It!" I decided to ask Donna and Lauren Dungy, the coach's missus, whose ears were bigger. Our design department did an outstanding half Obama-half Dungy photo illustration that was perfect, except for not being big enough.
Donna gave me a Christian-toned butt-chewing.
"I'm sad about the conversation you chose to publish regarding myself and Alon [her son, who volunteered a comment when I was videotaping his mom] about TD," Donna said. "Out of all the conversations we had..."
I told her criticism was especially welcomed if she would tell me what she would have written instead. "Amen," said Donna. "I would have written more along the positive impact TD is having on the [black] community, the spiritual community. There [are] a lot of things I think I could have focused ... on versus the ears."
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Writers are always gushing about Dungy being a lovely role model. I'm not trying to write what everybody else does.