The twinkie defense

Jayson Blair published his article in Jane magazine.

According to one of his supervisors at the Times, one reason for his erratic behavior was his poor dietary habits.

"One supervisor summed it up in the Times story: 'I told him that he needed a different way to nourish himself than drinking scotch, smoking cigarettes and buying Cheez Doodles from the vending machines.' But, for the record, it was Doritos and fried mozzarella sticks, not Cheez Doodles."

Reading that makes me want to get on a health kick.