Alex Balk, the man who drunkenly typed his way through a thousand angry posts on the deficiencies of Radar, has done the unthinkable. He's leaving Gawker to become the executive editor of Radar.com. Do you know what this means? It means he was right about every single thing he said. We claim victory. All sort-of kidding aside, what can we say? We love him and we'll miss him terribly; it's sick. We are taking his fingernails now to clone him. And his last two weeks here should be a wild ride.










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Of? Of! Oh god, this is like the cliffhanger to the secret world of alex mack.
When is Choire leaving for National Review? You know, since he
Hm...
@Conbon: Haaaa!
@Conbon: @mathnet: Also, guys, I think it's finally time I told you my name is
I love that Journey song playing now
@mathnet: I think this like the Family Guy where the broadcast signal goes out at the local affiliate so the anchors think they can say anything they want. Or we just fell through a Gawker wormhole.
What about Balk's co
@LolCait: Vinnie Van Lowe should be getting back to us any day now with that information.
Gossip Girl is
I'm trapped somewhere in a basement, it's very dark, and cold, and oh god, he's
April Fool's comes earlier and earlier every year. Right?
I will consider this Black Friday forever if this is true. If it isn't, I will give Balk
Maybe it's a New York magazine expozay decoy.
I think this is supposed to be like a cadavre exquise situation or something so...heck...I'm going to start.
Alex Balk, the man who drunkenly typed his way through a thousand angry posts on the deficiencies of...
unified field theory, shown to cause impotence and female pattern baldness in the
I found out where Jimmy Hoff
Oh, shit...
[www.observer.com]
Alex is online editor at Radar :-(
It's about Balk.
Balk, is this just because those anti-Semitic Gawkers refused to make your Yom Kippur atonements viewable? Missing Jew already!
@LaPretentieuse:
...women from Sex and the City, who should know better than to subject the world to...
Hey, our server is ALMOST back. The rest of the post comes in mere moments. (And yes, it's a sad one.)
Emily, don't you ever fucking leave Choire.
Is it something we did?
So is Gawker like the employment version of a rebound relationship?
@mathnet: Or Josh!
@Conbon: Josh would never do that to m. . . Choire.
@Choire: sad like 'he just died from alcohol poisoning and the only remaining living part of him, his soul, now exists in electro-magnetic wave form' sad? or sad like 'he went to radar mag' sad?
because if it's the second one, that would be really tragic.
I cannot wait for Balk's "F it I'm so out of here" day. And by day I mean fortnight.
also, can we finally get nikola to take a picture of him? seriously, he can't leave without leaving a picture behind.
Noooo!
If I were Jewish, I'd volunteer to atone for something to undo this.
Is this a minor fall or a major lift?
I think Gawker Media needs to do a fundraising drive to get a more reliable server (to handle all the traffic we funnel through all day long) and to pay their employees more than enough so they stop leaving all the time.
Agatha Christie wants to know:
Josh? Choire? Emily?
WHO IS THE MURDERER?
And who is NEXT?
@theobviouschild:
I agree with all of this. However, I'm in no position to go around making demands, since apparently I'm either a) soon to be executed or b) completely insane. Will someone be a doll and go confirm the existence of a single sentence right next to the hotdog Gridskipper post? kthxbai.
@theobviouschild: I was just going to say the same. Nobody seriously thinks there's, like, a career future to be had at Radar (sorry, Balk, I love you, but I'm just saying), so this has got to be straight up about the money.
@theobviouschild: Glad it was just the server. I thought maybe it was a combination of the Third Burning Taxi of the Apocalypse and tons of Knox brand gelatin having poured into my lair.
(Yes, I have a lair. Or else I'm a liar.)
Don't tell me his cock is leaving too!
I know this has nothing to do with anything, but I felt really bereft all afternoon when I had nowhere to say/no black hole to say it to: I realized how much I love the word CUNTLICK as an insult, as I feel it implies getting licked by the awesome power of the cunt. That's all.
@whoneedslight: Oh I'm keeping his cock.
@Balk: DAMMIT! I threaten you with a good time and fishnets and this is how you thank me?
@ THEOBVIOUSCHILD AT 06:39 PM
I think Gawker Media needs to do a fundraising drive...
And Tionna Smalls has to be the host.
@c_webb: Huh? I did not see it. The hotdog post does not toll for thee.
This is the worst thing to happen to me since my parents left me at a gas station when I was five.
And not accidentally, either. Seems mom forgot her wallet, and they offered my to the attendant as collateral.
@theobviouschild: I agree. More Gawker Stalker sighting ads!
@Balk:I threaten you with a good time and you leave?
Someone will have to update the Wikipedia entry for Gawker:
"Gawker is an anti-Semitic media outlet. Editor Alex Balkin, in his semi-regular blurb "The Jews", repeatedly employs slurs and distasteful anti-Semitic stereotypes."
[en.wikipedia.org]
look, i'm so upset i'm stuttering
@atipofthehat: I read that today, you know, during the blackout..funny apology letter
Whew. For a second, I thought someone said Candlejack. Glad he's not r
I still don't believe this..no no no no.
@atipofthehat:
Oh good. Then I'm just insane. Much obliged!
What the fuck? This isn't fair. Damn you all.
@LaPretentieuse: Maybe Radar's a better lay. It doesn't necessarily mean he's looking for a long-term relationship.
As for Gawker...really, guys. It appears as though something other than the server needs to be fixed. Sad.
Ok ok, how about just a few more months, or a post every once in a while?
Oh who cares. What's the point of the internet anyway. Or anything, really?