When Nippon Telegraph & Telephone confessed that it will post a record loss for a non-financial Japanese firm, the media focused on NTT's high-profile wireless subsidiary NTT DoCoMo, which is writing down part of its $9.8 billion investment in AT&T Wireless.
I must confess that I will not miss it when it goes the way of the Lambada and Macarena among other misappropriated cultural amputees.
Everywhere you look there are enormous problems -- many of them created by my generation, I will confess -- that will take the hard work and dedication of every one of you to fix.
I have attended marches in the past and I will confess that it never occurred to me that there were very few people with physical disabilities at any of the protests.
I have moral qualms about even a show like Amazon's Jack Ryan that tries not to fearmonger even while presenting a topically out-of-date "righteous white guy versus the Arab terrorists" narrative, but I will confess that it is a well-made and polished piece of adult-skewing popcorn entertainment.
I will confess that it never occurred to me to start a business (outside of wishful thinking after editing an article on yet another successful entrepreneur and asking myself, "Why didn't I think of that?"), until I was well into my 50s.
I'll confess that it is not easy to correct your answers, as I do not agree, I cannot agree, with the premise.
(In the latter case, having traveled that route on Amtrak's Zephyr I'll confess that it is very pleasant if you have the time).
I'll confess that it is not enjoyable for me to admit that I had not been paying too much attention to this factor, but the light of day is always better than the darkness.
"I will freely confess that it's all been more complicated than I expected," said Peter Stearns, George Mason's provost.
MONDAY'S PUZZLE — Since someone mentioned last week that one of the more important aspects of my job here at Wordplay is to make readers feel smart in comparison, I will readily confess that it took me more than one look to truly appreciate the theme in Joel Fagliano's puzzle.
