December 2009
Scientologists go after Poynter, St. Petersburg... →
Freedom Magazine via Scribd.com The Church of Scientology’s Freedom magazine package can be read here. The lead writer, Adolfo Pesquera, is a former Murdoch paper reporter.|| Earlier:…
Dec 31st
I’m sorry to imply Rush got his oxycontin from Hawaiian drugstores. He gets it straight from pharma lobbyists.
Dec 31st
RT @MKupperman: I’m sceptical about sequels, but even I’m cautiously optimistic about “Good Grief! Even More No Country For Old Men.”
Dec 31st
Does anyone think that Tim Tebow miraculously healed Urban Meyer? A whole laying upon of hands thing. That’s what I’m thinking.
Dec 31st
Don’t have a batfuck crazy uncle in your family? Don’t worry. Dick Cheney has taken on that role for the whole country. Lovable scamp.
Dec 31st
So Rush is in Hawaii, taking medication for back pain & all the drugstores on the island have a run on oxycontin. Hmm.
Dec 31st
Happy New Year! →
Have fun! Stay safe! The last post of 2009, -Shady
Dec 31st
2009 is going out with a bang! →
First, Tyra Banks announces that her toxic talk show is going off the air, and now Rush Limbaugh has been rushed to the hospital with chest pains?!? Hot damn! Here’s hoping that…
Dec 31st
Made it to Ohio in 6.5 hrs. Suck that, state highway troopers! Er, I mean thanks, officers, for safe passage thru your jurisdictions.
Dec 31st
Calgary Herald reporter killed in Afghanistan →
Calgary Herald Michelle Lang, 34, was on patrol with Canadian soldiers in the Kandahar area Wednesday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. She’s the first…
Dec 31st
Who is Washington Times' top editor? (Who knows?) →
Politico.com | Washington City Paper David Jones, the managing editor for print, was let go today along with several other high-ranking editors. “At this point, it’s unclear who is the top editor…
Dec 30th
Washington Times sports staffers fear their... →
Washington Post Some believe an announcement could be made as early as Thursday, reports Neely Tucker. “It’s incredibly bizarre,” says one Washington Times sports staffer. “We’re all in limbo,…
Dec 30th
Twitter etiquette: Refrain from Tweeting about the weather. Snow in Dec. is not new. Get over it.Tweet when Nat’l Guard is called in.
Dec 30th
Twitter etiquette: People in western climes, don’t complain when temp hits 50. You’ll be rounded up & beaten like the whiny bitches you are.
Dec 30th
Read that crotch-bomber was lonely & sexually repressed. It’s always the people not getting laid who eff it up for everyone else.
Dec 30th
Also, not sure if terrorist should be called crotch-bomber or crotch-botcher. Y’know, cuz he botched it.
Dec 30th
This is why I’m anti-emoticon RT @xenijardin: Most chilling, banal thing seen in while. Used in Farouk’s posts. http://twitpic.com/vtonj
Dec 30th
“Sometimes an ambitious failure is more worth having than a successful little novel that is perfectly well done.” Michael Dirda in Locus mag
Dec 30th
RT @MKupperman: “I desire the commencement of a musical interlude at this very moment.” #antiquerap
Dec 30th
Jealous? RT @TeecycleTim; @SueSpaight TOUCHED Bruce Springsteen’s Ass!! It changed her Life & felt like that of a 20yr old!! Link coming!
Dec 30th
Geeky time-waster, @jeffvrabel RT @MFlanders: Star Wars humor: http://bit.ly/4tKTiq (GO DO IT!)
Dec 30th
This just put the midget in my clock out of a job. RT @MFlanders: Awesome: http://bit.ly/6E6BjO
Dec 30th
Not paranoid enough, I’ve decided to read about the parallels between COINTELPRO and HR 1955.
Dec 29th
Is it agents provocateur? Or agents provocateurs? Or agent provocateurs? The copy editor in me needs to know!
Dec 29th
So there’s a U.S. law that allows companies to lie so long as the prez says that telling the truth would harm nat’l security. Need foil cap
Dec 29th
I’ll strip the flesh from neighbor boy’s skull. Cure & tan it. Then stretch it into my own drum. At no point did I mention killing him 1st.
Dec 29th
Schadenfraude (1): O TMZ. Hope you didn’t shell out big $$ for the photo. I’m sure the ‘67 Playboy issue goes cheap. http://bit.ly/75KwF1
Dec 29th
RT @MKupperman:Thenceforth I rummage in my britches, and discover no evidence of coinage; further investigation proves fruitless #antiquerap
Dec 29th
Schadenfreude (2): For Joe Francis, isn’t douche of the decade a step up? Funniest e-mail threatening a lawsuit, tho. http://bit.ly/8ptCxs
Dec 29th
Outing: How things should have gone for newspapers →
Editor & Publisher In his final Editor & Publisher column, Steve Outing takes a look at how things should have gone for the newspaper industry and, since they didn’t go that way, what to expect…
Dec 29th
Today is shaping up to be one of those days that will tease me w/cool things before yanking them away 2 weeks from now.
Dec 29th
"The war Sam faced with the journalists at Tribune... →
Seeking Alpha “I think he misread the intentions of journalists,” says Ben Johnson, author of a new Sam Zell biography. “Journalists just didn’t want to listen to his…
Dec 29th
The beauty of working in bed is that you’re productive while still being warm & snuggly under the covers.
Dec 29th
RT @anvoves: please, please don’t post your ultrasound picture as your fb profile pic. i am friends with you (for now), not your uterus.
Dec 29th
Neighbor won’t stop drumming. It’s not right to wish cancer on a teen boy. But I do wish cancer on his drum set.
Dec 29th
Now the drumming is accompanied by hammering. What is wrong w/these paper?
Dec 29th
Sugar Bowl is now a battle of the interim coaches. Weird.
Dec 29th
"Frontline" producer blasts public TV sponsorships →
Communication Leadership Blog “They are essentially commercials all over public broadcasting websites, local and national, radio and television,” says David Fanning. The…
Dec 28th
APSE honors the top newspaper sports websites →
Press release APSE honors the top newspaper sports Web sites for 2009 The Associated Press Sports Editors started honoring the best sports sections and the best sports writing in 1981. With…
Dec 28th
Off to put on a little dog and pony show. Smile pretty, shake my booty. You know the drill.
Dec 28th
Philadelphia Daily News loses Davies to WHYY radio →
Sent: Mon 12/28/2009 8:51 AM To: Daily News Subject: FW: Important message from [city editor] Gar Joseph Staff: Dave Davies is leaving the Daily News to return to his second family, WHYY-FM,…
Dec 28th
Industry experts say entertainment will be easier... →
New York Times Any paid news site would be competing with alternative versions of the same articles, delivered by multiple free news sources. “One of the problems is newspapers fired so many…
Dec 28th
The wolves were killed. By farts.
Dec 28th
Game playing 2nite consists of people making farting noises. Classy.
Dec 28th
Game is about werewolves killing villagers. And farting.
Dec 28th
Believe →
From treehugger.com, via TheMammal’s photostream.
Dec 28th
Outlawing passengers w/the Hershey squirts can only be a good thing for air travelers everywhere. http://bit.ly/4xTyFM
Dec 27th
Someone’s pretty happy that she’s another step closer to being a published author. Can you guess who? Hint: It’s @duve. http://bit.ly/6EZgsa
Dec 27th
You’d think Hooters would’ve been open on Christmas. They’d could’ve just had the women w/the small breasts work that day.
Dec 27th
From now on, I will be solving disagreements in opinion by pistol whipping people. #WhatLosttaughtme
Dec 27th