<![CDATA[Comments from hugomania]]> <![CDATA[Comments from hugomania]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on McCain's Ultimate Friday Night Newsdump]]> On second thought, looks more like Restylene.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on McCain's Ultimate Friday Night Newsdump]]> Botox.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on First Pictures Of De Niro's New Hotel]]> No ties allowed.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Parsing Sex Talk: Ladies, We Need a New Schtick]]> agree with lustylady: regina lynn writes well about all things sex, and she's done it for years. of course, she's a REAL journalist who researches the topics for which she covers. unlike all the wannabe sex "writers" with a computer she actually knows what sex/sexuality means, and it's sure more than threesomes and sex toys.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Parsing Sex Talk: Ladies, We Need a New Schtick]]> for the most part, today's sex columns are not being written by legitimates in the field, rather by anyone and everyone with an opinion on sex. seems everyone's an expert but the real sexperts.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Harvey Levin: Portrait Of A Gossiphound As A Young Man]]> I lived in Los Angeles in the 1980s when Harvey was a local NBC news reporter, along with his pal Fred Rogin, who did sports. Together they thought they ruled the world, er, Hollywood news. Guess one of them was right.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on $5 Bootleg Newport Packs Bought On The Street Looking More Attractive]]> why is it that the pocketbooks of smokers in new york always seem to bear the cost of everything in this state... and why don't they start taxing New York SUV drivers/gas whores? cell phone users/abusers? Starbucks drinkers/fanatics?? McDonalds folks/fatties? and so on and so forth

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Muppets soothe pain of lame April Fools' Day]]> sigh. pass the tissues.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on One More Place Not To Live]]> @kellimanjaro: it sounds like fi-dee and for those of us who live down here, it rhymes with hap-py.

those of us who ACTUALLY LIVE DOWN HERE don't give a hoot about what anyone says who doesn't. and why? because we enjoy quieter nights and weekends; we've outgrown the ridiculous desire to eat, drink and party with everyone else who looks just like us so as to "see and be seen"; and we love charming cobblestone streets, seaport sunrises, battery park promenade sunsets, new wine bars/lounges and restaurants designed for us local residents, and neighbors who respect each other, rarely complain about stupid things and don't throw up on our streets/doorsteps after a night out pretending to be "cool." we don't miss loud sirens, honking taxis, loud wannabes, blasting stereos, rude neighbors, and the crowds.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Upchuck]]> Why is it the word "colorful" always brings sex to mind. Perhaps he edits in crayon? Has a rainbow flag hidden somewhere in his apartment? Or wears pastel socks and briefs? Regardless, must we really care to learn who he is? Me, not so much.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Career Counseling]]> Wow, Ronn actually reads PR Week for the articles.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on You, the Brand]]> A true renaissance man, indeed. I wouldn't hire him for Wars or Assassinations (I'm a pacifist) but the bongos, that makes him ok in my rolodex.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Serial Marm]]> NO MORE WIRE SCISSORS!

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Daddy, What Does a Hedge-Funder Do?]]> Oh me, me, me, me. NOT!

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Except to Seven of You)]]> Faith and begorrah, er, begone!

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on 5WPR Argues Its Case]]> @TheNewsBlack: "Seriously, how can you claim to be PR experts when you don't understand the most basic elements of reporting? I AGREE; these guys obviously have no knowledge of the working press or how true journalism works. AND "This just highlights everything that is wrong with PR people today..." I DISAGREE, in part.

5W is just one small agency not a representation of PR firms or professionals worldwide. I've worked in the industry for over 25 years and I have earned a solid reputation with the press for earnest work w/out b.s., providing journalists with the information they want, when they need it. And I'm talking hard news, not planting Page Six items. There's a big difference between public relations and PUBLICITY, of which I believe 5W falls can be labelled the later from the looks of his work this past year. Not once have I ever been told the agency was hired for strategic media planning, blue chip crisis communications, et al... they seem to throw a bunch of promotional spaghetti against the wall hoping something sticks.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Secret Video: The Scientologists Celebrate The Birthday Of The Prophet, Tom Cruise]]> where's katie?

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Old Men To Blame For Everything, Again]]> A lifelong Today Show viewer, I switched to CBS Early Show and Harry Smith a while back because Katie Couric just got tiresome. If I had to listen to one more of her signature remarks like "He's a hottie!" I was gonna puke. In truth, I never questioned her ability to report hard news, just how Les Moonves' and his network foot soldiers made her report it. I just couldn't take Katie seriously any longer, wearing barely there skirts, high spiked heels, and a forever impish grin reporting news like, "A second IED exploded today in Iraq today, killing 20 US troops and....."

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Glamour Kicks Edgy Dudeblogger to the Curb]]> What was Glamour thinking? The column is read by women. What did the pub think would happen when their guy starts dissin' their own demographic? Even if he was a stud-muffin, he's still a single one. Duh! Glamour readers are looking first for love, then marriage, then the baby carriage.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on The Story Of Ronn Torossian]]> @Truculent re: "Find me one PR agency of any repute that will answer his phone calls, much less take his advice on who to hire." I agree, but would edit as follows:

Find me one news media organization of any repute (Murdoch/Page Six, gimme a break?!?) that will answer his calls much less take his advice on who to interview.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on The Story Of Ronn Torossian]]> More-Ronn. Need I type more?!?

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Angry Rapper Partners With The Man]]> Guess there's only one color worth a damn to Ice Cube, the color of money. Green.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on 'Times' Calls For Spitzer's Head (To Apologize to the 'Times')]]> stick a fork in him, he's done.
undone by a failing zipper.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on PR Experts To Spitzer: Uh, You're Toast]]> another promising official undone by the toll of an easy woman and EZ-Pass tolls to DC

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Billionaire Shamed Into Donation By <i>New Yorker</i>]]> he's telling the world he's just beginning to think through his personal charitable giving? and further will do so working under the assumption his Blackstone firm recovers its big losses? ugh! he should've had learned to donate philanthropically when he had more, not less (Blackstone) monies to give. for this guy, too little, too late.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on The Other Casualties Of The "Monster" Slip]]> Can you imagine her meeting with Mahmoud Ahmadnejad in that getup?

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on "Data Security Incident" Rocks MTV! 5,000 Staffers Exposed!]]> MTV=My Trust Violated

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Ronn [sic] Torossian Is Suing His Former HR Director For Helping People Leave His Firm]]> PR gives Ronn a bad name. Poetic justice.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Journo Takes Redundancy To Illogical Extreme]]> a newbie in obama's travel press corps, and late for the plane, she forgot to grab her phone chargers out of the gray bins passing security. uh-oh, she got scooped.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Katie Couric Can Only Host Debates About After-School Snacks]]> @nowmedusa: the majority of school foods are nut-free due to peanut allergies common in children.

now re: the vah-jay-jays, wouldn't we be a kinder, gentler nation if everyone had one. the majority of men tend often to exhibit symptoms of PMS (think the world's wars, Karl Rove v. Democrats, or even MTV's Jackass), while a minority of pere-menapausal women go ballistic each month, if that. sure, you see a major catfight every now and then (a Filene's bridal sale for example, but at a low $99 can you blame 'em?), but "mano a mano"(sp?)is not the female way of life. as far as katie not getting close to the debates, it is and always has been a boy's club, a testosterone-driven nation, a man's world, for the most part. not even indira ghandi, margaret thatcher, or Oprah have changed that.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on 'New York Post' Free With Purchase of Paper of Greater Value]]> Two for the price of one; what a novel idea. Got myself a coupla dresses the same way at Daffy's. But there both items were of equal market value.
@PeenScene: touche!

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Goldman Sachs Cafeteria Workers Feel Especially Poor]]> @Da5idRicardo: all unions are not created equal. and i'm not talking union pay scales nationwide, which by the way are quite diverse, even in the same-job capacity. what i meant was that some benefits the union touts pay less towards, say, health benefit coverage than Wall Street firms. and what's with the quote Western Union-style end quote text question mark. full stop.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on First As Tragedy, Second As Farce]]> we lived for 10 years in the very same apartment building as musto; nice, albeit shy aging character. photoshop is amazing, no?!? he is not than tan.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Goldman Sachs Cafeteria Workers Feel Especially Poor]]> @schmerd re: card check neutrality - since observing Unite Here and local union activists in action at workplaces nationwide, exmployee "X's" on the dotted union line often are, well, dishonest, considering many of these workers cannot read nor are they fully aware of the ramifications of their vote for union signature (e.g. some union workers actually receive less in health benefit monies than originally provided by their non-union employers). while i agree 100% that there is an outrageous inequality of an average $660K v.$21K salary in our "compassionate" society, wouldn't it be more humanly gracious and, perhaps, even more honest for Goldman Sachs, PriceWaterhouseCooper and Citigroup to give these workers the raises they deserve?

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on What Has Not Getting Laid Done For Dawn Eden Lately?]]> Headline: THE THRILL IS GONE

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Ryan Phillippe Can't Flee From His Own Good Looks]]> @acridsheep - There once was a day when the pec muscles of both Bobbys', Deniro and Redford, especially Redford, filled the pages of the celebrity rags. Think "Taxi Driver" and "The Way We Were" decade. Of course way back in the Rolling Stone age no one was offering $1+ million for the snap of an iPhone.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Southern Gal Will Charge You For Advice on Big-City Livin']]> Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Nina DiSesa Becomes Her Own Blog Nightmare]]> Forget anonymous posts, what about imposter blogging? Facebook just ousted Andres Belazs for faking a page member profile: Stan D'Arde," 38-year old homosexual hotel review writer from South America. And Stan just LOVED Standard Hotels.

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented]]> FUBAR

]]> <![CDATA[hugomania commented on Lying Author Is Like James Frey, But Sadder]]> Next prose out of her mouth: I'm not a non-fiction writer, but I play one on TV.

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