March 2008
20 posts
“WHO IS IT THAT SAID HILLARY’S TOUGH CAMPAIGN CAN’T BEAT...”
– Here’s another Wonkette email, this one posted by Jim. Not sure if these are real or not, but I’m going to have to go with: Probably.
“Hilory Clinton has RODHAM POWER.”
– An emailer to Wonkette
“dmac just name dropped you in a post about pedophiles. i am so proud to be your...”
– Comment on Chrissy’s Livejournal
“He released the news in a brief but eloquent manner on his QB Killa Web site.”
– My favorite sentence of the day comes from Matt Mosley, on his Hashmarks blog. Warren Sapp, self-proclaimed QB Killa, was eloquent: “I’M DONE!”
I watch bad TV (and Price is Right)
I’ve been working at home more recently — it’s winter — instead of walking into the office and my morning television regimen has boiled down to this: pre-9 a.m., Good Day Philadelphia (for, uh, Jennaphr Frederick); 9 a.m. Morning Show With Mike & Juliet (for the unintentional comedy); 10 a.m. Rachel Ray (for Rachel Ray’s occasional brief lapses into insanity); 11...
Dogs are always serious business
Look, more Gawker drama. Everybody is watching the video of an American soldier throwing a puppy, which is on Valleywag. (I lamely just reposted this in a comment over there earlier today.) But Gawker posted it yesterday, then apologized and took it down.
Yes, it is pathetic to recount this. But this is work: I’m not going to rest ‘til I figure out if Valleywag headlines like...
Every Internet discussion involving harm done to dogs will invariably lead to (1) bodily harm and/or death wished upon the perpetrators and (2) a discussion of how our society values dogs over humans.
Senator Tom Harkin: Marijuana Makes People Sell... →
A U.S. senator comments on one of marijuana’s plausible doomsday scenarios, “the small child whose parents are so addicted to illegal drugs that they sell everything including perhaps their own children to obtain a fix.”
As The Comment Section Turns... →
According to this post by Rob, a writer on Deadspin called the boss of a commenter who offended him. Once again, sports bloggers prove they can do the job of the regular sports media.
Online Scrabble Craze Leaves Game Sellers at Loss... →
The NYT asks: Why is Scrabulous so popular? People weren’t going out and causing a run on toy stores to grab copies of Scrabble. (They also don’t give a real answer, unfortunately.)
Philadelphia: 9th Most Murderous City →
Another in Forbes’ ever-popular Pointless Ranking of Cities to Get Web Traffic series.
February 2008
1 post
All the cool kids are doing Tumblogs. I am joining the party far too late, as usual. I’ve had one of my hate mail for a while, though. I’ll play around with design for a day or two then start posting.