artynimue1 commented on Times Reporter: "I Was A Fat Thug Who Beat Up Women And Sold Bad Coke"

"@Pareene: So sorry, my mistake."

artynimue1 commented on Times Reporter: "I Was A Fat Thug Who Beat Up Women And Sold Bad Coke"

"@Pareene: I guess "on tape and everything" really covers it. It's so nice to see editors (or editor types) vouch for an author based on the author's blurbs."

artynimue1 commented on LA Times Sunday Magazine May No Longer Contain Journalism

""(Just try to imagine what would happen if the NYT Magazine did this)" Say wha?"

artynimue1 commented on More Times Layoff Names

"@lizzybennett: Exhibit 1: Why newspapers are dying."

artynimue1 commented on Sorry I Was Away... Bad Mood

"Omigod, I'm so sorry."

artynimue1 commented on Sorry I Was Away... Bad Mood

"Grow up and get a life, sonny."

artynimue1 commented on Could Ted Kennedy's Cancer Have Been Caught?

"@the supergoddess: You beat me to it."

artynimue1 commented on Booze, Blow, and Bush: A Love Story

"@Shariahpants: "Yeats wrote: 'The worst suffer from a furious intensity, and the best lack all conviction.'" But then he had second thoughts and changed it around a bit, and this is what was actually published."

artynimue1 commented on Emily Gould Exposed

"@NoDowdAboutIt: Surely you jest."

artynimue1 commented on The New Yorker's Guide to Hangovers

"Novelty drinks ("Long Island Iced Tea hangover, or the PBR-plus-gin variety") don't count, unless you're still playing show-and-tell."

artynimue1 commented on Butchering The Butch-Haters

"This is like Playboy announcing that it won't run tit shots anymore, to see if helps circulation. Wait, sorry, that's too classy. This is like George Bush announcing he's given up golf in a time of war."

artynimue1 commented on Those Who Do Not Listen Will Be Executed

"@KimGordonsPanties: Who said anything about being unattractive?"

artynimue1 commented on Those Who Do Not Listen Will Be Executed

"@KimGordonsPanties: This is actually pretty funny, and I assume it's made with a less-than-straight face. It sounds like it came from a museum tour full of over-educated suburban housewives, out for some cocktail party culture."

artynimue1 commented on Lucian Freud's $33 Million Painting Sets Sale Record for Living Artist

"@richardmarxhatesmyhair: Well, at least you got the "uneducated" right."

artynimue1 commented on Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008

"When you lifted the Times obit, the least you could have done was spell the guy's last name properly."

artynimue1 commented on Why Is Arthur Sulzberger Getting Divorced?

"@TheHonJudgeSmails: Actually it would be the bottom feeders that dried up. Of course, bottom feeders have a place in the world too; who else would vacuum up all the shit?"

artynimue1 commented on Why Is Arthur Sulzberger Getting Divorced?

"@TheHonJudgeSmails: "What's your point, exactly?" What part of the commented-upon comment is beyond you?"

artynimue1 commented on Brutal Publishing Exec Really A Wimp

""(Never let Lynn Hirschberg of the Times follow you around.)" Unless, of course, she promises that she's doing one of her puff pieces. Then get it in writing."