|Some facts may be established. According to the 1994 Uniform Crime Reports, between 1991 and 1994, 346 women killed their husbands in America and were caught.|innuendo4.html|_self
|And 31.9% of the current female prison population is incarcerated for killing husbands, ex-husbands and boyfriends. These numbers are available in any government depository library.|innuendo4.html|_self
|Many people are rumored to sleep alone. It is a fact that some do.|innuendo4.html|_self
|If you learn HTML, you can create a web page and start your own rumors. You may present anything as truthful, demonstrating that truthfulness any way you like. The only fact is your action, although that may be just my opinion.|innuendo4.html|_self
|One windy, humid day, I walked around in New York. My hair, with spray or mousse in it, pointed toward magnetic north. In Penn Station, I saw my hairdresser, who was no doubt appalled, but I can't prove that. I called to him. He was happy to see me. Had he ignored me, I could have acted irrationally, perhaps shouting, "See this mess? The fault is his." The facts: I didn't and it was not.|innuendo4.html|_self
|A friend died. Her family had not spoken with her in 20 years. There was no funeral. I heard she was cremated in a different town, leaving no place to visit. I have nothing of hers. I searched my house for something she may have touched, but found nothing. Not a book, no scrap of paper, not even something I remember wearing any of the nights I sat with her in a bar. I can't prove she existed, although I recognize my word as credible eye-witness testimony. She may have been a rumor we all agreed upon, unless our agreement makes her fact.|innuendo4.html|_self
|My grandmother's mother was in a coma when her son died. She recovered, but because she had not seen her son's body in a casket, his public suicide became just a story her family recounted. My grandmother told me Nonna looked for Gus all her life. I can't prove this, but I believe it.|innuendo4.html|_self
|Sixty years later, a photograph may suffice as proof of many things. Until you learn Photoshop. If you must take pictures of your crime, please use the Polaroid.|innuendo4.html|_self