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Long live analog!

Dear Dig,

I was glad to see your tribute to Polaroid (Dig This, 3.5.08), however, there is some consolation that you guys didn't mention. Although Polaroid factories are closing, they have expressed interest in licensing their technology to a third party who would then produce film for use in Polaroid cameras. Not all is lost!

IAN

MISSION HILL

Shmeduacate us.

Dear MCAS-Loving Bean Counter,

You erred in your count giving Montessori Public Schools (Bean Counter, 2.20.08) in Boston in 2009 a Minus 1. Should have been a Plus 17! I'm pretty sure that 7 beans +10 beans = 17 beans no matter how you learned to add 'em up.

A Montessori education opens different pathways in kids' brains, making them into great thinkers.

Here's a list of a few people who have benefited from a Montessori education:

Sergey Brin - Co-Founder of Google

Jimmy Wales - Founder of Wikipedia

Jeffery Bezos - Founder of Amazon.com

Katherine Graham - Owner/Editor, Washington Post

Sean Combs - Mega Rapper

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Nobel Prize for Literature

T. Berry Brazelton - Pediatrician/Author

Julia Child - Food Goddess

Will Wright - Designer of the Sims

Helen Hunt - Actress

George Clooney - Actor

Oh yeah, and Alexander Graham Bell helped found Montessori in America. I heard he was pretty smart. Didn't he invent something?

It's easy to disparage shit you know nothing about. (The Bean Counter's author went to a Montessori School for 10 years ... which might explain a thing or two—Ed) 'Course that's what the Dig's good at! (That's why I love the Dig!)

STEVE MURPHY

(THE POTTER NOT THE POLITICIAN)

Earthy crunchy types love us

I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all the vegan-friendly articles in the Dig recently, like the Grezzo review (2.27.08) and the vegan desserts (3.5.08). It's nice to see vegans representing and represented in the Boston area. Veganism often gets bad press or no press at all—thank you so much for making us seem like normal people who enjoy good food.

I have been reading the Dig since I first came to Boston and I love it—especially now that "my people" are in it even more!

Thanks again,

SARAH POULETTE

VIA EMAIL

Errata

Last week's story "The Price of Public Education" was attributed to Laura Magnuson. The actual author was intern-extraordinaire Lauren Magnuson. The sleep-deprived editor responsible was sent to bed early with no dinner and apologizes for the error.