You Can't Spell Plagiarist Without Liar...

Jayson Blair, the former New York Times reporter who was sacked for making up all sorts of shit, is back at work, for a magazine called bp (bi-polar).

The editor, who had no idea that Blair suffered from bi-polar disorder, said that she was looking forward to reading some of his submissions. He has offered several short stories to the magazine, including "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place", "The Old Man and the Sea", and "Teddy". Blair is also said to be working on a novel, entitled As I Lay Dying. When asked if he came up with those titles all on his own, he is said to have remarked, "Of course. I have learned my lesson. I am also working on a real epic work, but I don't know what to call it. It is about a white whale, and the efforts of a fanatical captain to catch the whale."

"I really have no idea what the title will be," Blair said. "It is really hard to come up with names for these things. I mean, in the past, the editors gave me the headlines after I did the reporting," Blair remarked.

So, to recap. Blair is back, bi-polar, and better than ever. (But if I were his editor, I might want to confirm that diagnosis (bi-polar), just to be sure.)