January 2012
22 posts
“Because rightwingers don’t really have a problem with rightwing community...”
– Who Is This Radical Anti-American Saul Alinksy Person? | Slog
“Someone somewhere has said something on that video if they’re from...”
– Sh*t Chicagoans Say Video - redeyechicago.com
I’ve seen the video and it definitely plays more like “Shit Mathew Montalvo Says” than “Shit Chicagoans Say.”
“Bayley loaded the map into a computerized laser-cutting program. An hour later,...”
– Architecture Student Turns Ward Map Into Jigsaw Puzzle | NBC Chicago
“This week’s POPEYE Sunday comic strip pays homage to two American icons: Popeye...”
– Guitars, Drums and Spinach | Popeye
I…uh….huh.
“Cain told reporters the reason he chose Charleston today as the time and place...”
– Herman Cain Jumps Shark, Endorses The American People For President
Yeah, no shit you were.
“Ah. I see that the American corporate mandate to play Adele at every event has...”
– Apple’s Education Announcement, Live From New York - Peter Kafka - News - AllThingsD
“What you drink tells you who you are,” magazines like Esquire love to impart in...”
– The Drinker’s Guide: Finding Your Go-To Cocktail - Chicago magazine
Every man should have his own drink. This is Jeff Ruby’s quest to find his.
“She emphasized that reporting on startups using their investment money could be...”
– Sarah Lacy launches PandoDaily to report news on startups | Digital Media - CNET News
Conflicts of interest are going to save journalism, everybody!
“The group also hopes to control the presence of chartered buses, which in the...”
– City expects to issue permit for return of South Side Irish Parade - redeyechicago.com
If you throw a parade and make allowances for chartered buses to park in your neighborhood then you’re inviting them into your neighborhood.
(Also: “their problems?”)
“Most of the night, though, was the same kind of gasbaggery that Parker and Stone...”
– The Insufferable Self-Seriousness of the Golden Globes - The Atlantic
“I think a fair deal would be for AFSCME to agree to forego the raise if Burke...”
– Librarians and Other Chicago Government Departmental Salaries - The 312
Blue Ivy sounds like what you'd name a bar in...
thekatierogers:
That’s all I have to say about that.
It sounds almost exactly like it, in fact.
“Savvier individuals have also pointed out that Ivy can also be read as IV,...”
– Babyoncé Is Here!! — Vulture
Well done, Vulture.
Error message I just received
“403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.”
“I understood the request, but I’m refusing to fulfill it” might be my new go-to phrase for when I need to be a jerk.
“Critical bias: I watched MTV pretty much every chance I got once it snaked its...”
– Live: Van Halen Attracts The Naked, Sweaty Eyeballs To Cafe Wha? - New York Music - Sound of the City
Maura writes a great review here but the structure of it is really worth noting. To the point where I thought “All reviews should be put together this way.”
“We in TV have turned the caucus into broadcast news’ version of ‘American Idol,’...”
– Tight G.O.P. Race in Iowa Catches TV Anchors by Surprise - NYTimes.com
The relevant phrase there is “make it feel like” (as opposed to, say, “demonstrate its value as” or “showcase the news value of this”).
Although I guess comparing it to “American...
“Chicago-based Monica Davey chased the story for the New York Times. Her account...”
– Grownups in charge: the Sun-Times breaks the Charlie Trotter’s story, and other media give it credit for the scoop | Bleader
December 2011
20 posts
“The Cook County Board of Ethics is dropping an investigation into the thousands...”
– County drops probe of donations to Assessor Berrios from tax attorneys - Chicago Sun-Times
“My friend Mike Sneed, the Sun-Times columnist, always hits her head on the...”
– Leslie Hindman on Buying Art and Antiques - Chicago magazine
I’d really love to have that as an animated GIF.
“That means specially focused online content on specific subjects related to, for...”
– New Sun-Times will ramp up specialized content online | Taking Names | Crain’s Chicago Business
“This is the creation of a technologically-enabled content company,” veteran...”
– » ‘This isn’t a newspaper acquisition’ JIMROMENESKO.COM
So what was it before?
That’s not me insulting the current state of things in the Sun-Times digital office. More a comment on how tin-eared their new exec appears to be. Then again with all the carping on the Sun-Times’s paywall...
“Realizing he could not make the long journey, he laid down in the Dominick’s,...”
– Man passes out in Dominick’s trying to get home from Bears game — Buffalo Grove news, photos and events — TribLocal.com
Like something out of the Illiad.
naming blogs is easy: You want a somethingist... →
maura:
Being young and comely is a privilege. Every woman writer who trades on these assets in order to make their words known forgets this crucial fact until after publication (if they ever remember), and the system that brings them to prominence, of course, has no problem eliding it as well, what with…
“I didn’t write anything on the occasion of Christopher Hitchens’ death, because...”
– Christopher Hitchens as Gertrude Stein | ThinkProgress
And yet, here you are. (link via @alexheard)
The Internet Justice League
magnoelia:
the-nat-before-christmas:
tastefullyoffensive:
by Caldwell Tanner
hahaha
you done it again caldy!!
This would be clever if it didn’t start to fall apart in the 2nd slide (Batman is “well-liked?” Facebook is? The Riddler is a nemesis of Green Arrow?).
“How much is a hotlink worth? It seems like a small thing, but it’s one of...”
– What a Hotlink Costs Advertisers in Magazine iPad Editions | MediaWorks - Advertising Age
I might change my mind on this but charging $5k for something you ought to be doing as a default - because, you know, that’s how the Internet works - seems weird to me.
“Playboy, based in Chicago, has agreed to rent 45,000 square feet in a building...”
– Playboy to consolidate L.A.-area offices with Beverly Hills lease - Los Angeles Times
Better luck next time then…
“Named best future owner of the Chicago Tribune: Warren Buffett. “What better...”
– Happy New Year: Randy’s court date gets delayed - Time Out Chicago
Yes, please!
“I’m doing what is appropriate for a unique event with a unique attention to the...”
– Emanuel Seeks Broad Authority for NATO/G8 Summits | NBC Chicago
Oh of course it’s going to be temporary. Because once you get more power the first thing you do after you use it is to give it up.
“The whole idea that it may revive her career? I think those days are long...”
– Lindsay Lohan Playboy cover: A desperate bid for relevance? - latimes.com
“Like being a woman, like being a racial, religious, tribal, or ethnic minority,...”
– Hillary Clinton, in an appearance at the United Nations yesterday, declared that it is a “violation of human rights” to commit violence or discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation. WATCH. (via theatlantic)
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November 2011
27 posts
“Most guys, we can recite all of The Godfather, we can recite all of Caddyshack,...”
– - Aaron Sorkin (follow and join the #LadiesinFilm tag on Twitter to prove him wrong with quotable lines from women across film history). #geenadavis4eva (via nonaswriting)
I have two words for you, Sorkin: AS IF
(via amandahess)
AARON SORKIN: STOP MAKING ME HATE YOU RIGHT NOW
(via...
“I’m sure there are some expedient reasons that the TribCo chose to pay Mr....”
– » David Carr on the Randy Michaels settlement JIMROMENESKO.COM
I agree with Carr here but as one of those people? If this means we’re free of this guy sooner rather than later? Worth it.
“Courtney Love used to make really awesome music (really) that inspired a...”
– BrightestYoungThings: Behind the Desk 25: The Worst Thing Courtney Love Has Ever Done?
