September 2009
2 posts
July 2009
1 post
June 2009
4 posts
“After the event, journalists glee over the specs of the new and slightly updated...”
– #340 Covering Apple, Stuff Journalists Like
May 2009
1 post
“Matt: “Animal Collective. Thursday night on Letterman.”
Jude:...”
– Thursday evening, 6 p.m. ish
April 2009
3 posts
“Billy Bob Thornton’s interview on the CBC radio show Q was such an event for me....”
– What They Really Meant: The Billy Bob Thornton Tantrum, Cracked.com
“I will never forget the excitement amongst all participants. Alcohol was all you...”
– Inside the Red River Recruiting Rivalry, New York Times.
“The New York Times newsroom is reportedly still undecided on whether or not to...”
– Media Having Trouble Finding Right Angle On Obama’s Double-Homicide, The Onion
March 2009
4 posts
“That’s it. I’m googling ‘pouring alcohol in your...”
– A co-worker trying to resolve an argument.
“Me: “I called you this morning.”
Co-worker #1: “I know. I...”
– The newsroom.
“You can become rich and famous and have the ability to influence many minds just...”
– You Title It, “The Mind of Maurice Clarett.”
“Jim and I trekked through the mushy woods, he casually dressed (no one ever...”
– “The passing of a legend …” The Evening Sun, March 6, 2009.
February 2009
4 posts
January 2009
10 posts
5 tags
“A few more inches of general snowfall Friday and about 7 inches of additional...”
– “If Snow Was Gold…” WWNY-TV 7. Jan. 30, 2009.
4 tags
“Winter of 2008-09 compared with prior years:
Watertown this winter: 142.5...”
– “Snow hits schools on Regents week,” Watertown Daily Times, Jan. 29, 2009.
5 tags
“This is the chief justice’s version of a wardrobe malfunction.”
– Experts say Obama should retake the oath, San Francisco Chronicle.
“The average SAT score for the freshman class of 2012 was 1405, marking the first...”
– Seen & Heard (pg. 17), Notre Dame Magazine (Winter 2008-09)
“Between natural disasters, covering triple homicides and reporting on fatal...”
– Stuff Journalists Like: #10: Drinking
“My only question after watching the Gators win last night is: is this when Tim...”
– Aud Lang Syne, Blue Gray Sky
December 2008
17 posts
Thirteen albums that I enjoyed this year...
Potentially great albums I’ve only heard once:
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Kayne West - 808s & Heartbreak
Walkmen – You & Me
Okkervil River – The Stand-Ins
Potentially great albums sitting on my hard drive, but not listened to:
Adele – 19
Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances
Los Campesinos – Hold On Now, Youngster
David Byrne...
“Our article last Tuesday headed “It’s Sven Giggle Eriksson” pictured Mr Eriksson...”
– Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections, RegrettheError.com
“We said that, in the American TV drama 24, Jack Bauer, the counter-terrorism...”
– Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections, RegrettheError.com
“Osczevski and Bluestein made a set of new assumptions to determine...”
– Wind Chill Blows, Slate.com
“Karen Meleta, a ShopRite spokeswoman, said the grocer tries to meet customer...”
– Holland Township man names son after Adolf Hitler, The Express Times
“One measure of the absurdity of the system: Every year you, the American...”
– Obama’s ‘Secretary of Food’?, New York Times
“At Memorial Stadium, the bat room was not too close to the clubhouse, so I...”
– Billy Ripken Obscenity Bat: He Finally Talks 20 Years Later, CNBC
“Several people were dressed in character, including four men who showed up as...”
– White Russians Arise, This Time at a Bowling Alley, New York Times, Dec. 2.
“So yeah, it’s kind of hilarious that last.fm chose to do an unweighted...”
– Last.fm May Want To Recalibrate Their “Popular Tracks” List Next Year, Idolator
“Before the Christmas break, Superintendent Terry N. Fralick said, a committee...”
– I’m pro-life, but this uncorrected sentence is an abortion that needs to be fixed.
“She knew by ‘Black Balloon’ that the relationship was over.”
– My response to Rob after he told the table his last serious girlfriend broke up their three-year relationship after a Goo Goo Dolls concert.
“I don’t think it was sexual, but I grew alarmed every time Wolf Blitzer...”
– Okay, already! I won’t watch! Now are you happy?, Roger Ebert’s Journal
November 2008
9 posts
