lionel-mandrake commented on John Travolta, Grieving and Deceiving

"@Unfun: There was a Golden Age on this site, that period of Balk, Choire, Doree, Emily (yes, even Emily, at the beginning) and Josh, then when Pareene first came over, all good."

lionel-mandrake commented on John Travolta, Grieving and Deceiving

"@Shannon: I couldn't agree more."

lionel-mandrake commented on John Travolta, Grieving and Deceiving

"@HOPSCOTCH: The Shark-jumping trope has been directed at Gawker for a while now; but I really have to say, and I've stuck with Gawker for a long time now, I'm finding it less and less interesting by the day. I think I may need to break up with Gawker and see other media blogs for a while."

lionel-mandrake commented on John Travolta, Grieving and Deceiving

"Generating page-views with endless coverage of a story, that as far as I can tell, no one gives a crap about is nothing new on Gawker."

lionel-mandrake commented on The Tears of a TSA Agent

"@OlMuckyTerrahawk: Considering the intent was less Churchillian than it was Orwellian, I stick to my earlier assertion."

lionel-mandrake commented on The Tears of a TSA Agent

"@TheHonJudgeSmails: "Homeland" always seemed a few steps too close to "Fatherland"."

lionel-mandrake commented on How Gwyneth Paltrow Takes Craps

"Next up miracle cure; horse manure, it's packed with pre-softened fiber and has a thick grassy smell that lets you get back in touch with the agrarian side of your soul. To be packaged as "Bob's Red Mill Road Apples"."

lionel-mandrake commented on 2009 Adpocalypse Kicks Off On Schedule

"Inaccurate, overheated and hysterical as usual. Things are fine in my neck of the "media" world. God, this story is as tiresome as it is over-stated."

lionel-mandrake commented on Sean Penn Is One of the Most Homophobic People Mickey Rourke Knows

"@princeCapsaicin: nice."

lionel-mandrake commented on With Russia Gone to Pot, Diplomat Predicts U.S. Split

"@Sweetie: No one ever said we NE folks were practical or blessed with foresight."