FWIW, I'm sure he's a knowledgeable authority in the critical barbecue vs. fried chicken wing debate, and that Schopenhauer would demand he hand over his daughter to the state for "extra crispy." #gop
In this context, "Nietzschean" is just longhand for "Nazi," and thus giving one's daughter to the state mean putting her in a concentration camp/sending her to the death panels. Nothing puzzling about it. #gop
The Evening Standard ran a piece today about how glossy magazines like Vogue and Tatler are still going strong in the UK. "Compared to the calamitous situation in the United States..." [tinyurl.com]
@raincoaster: Well the Evening Standard just became a free paper, which on the one hand feels wrong, but on the other hand has in just a few weeks stamped out the other free afternoon papers, thank god. #media
@BowlingForDollars: In the future there will be no web, only large iphone-styled eReaders. Just like print but with clickable text and animated imagery. And popups. Lots and lots of popups. #media
@BowlingForDollars: I guess it depends on their readership, or lack of it.
If they are geared towards an older demographic, then its just wasted time online activity. From the cover articles on this particular one, it seems its base is 40+. #media
My People rep just sent out a good-bye email today, so I'm assuming that while they offered buy-outs to the editorial staff, they just plain laid off some of the sales staff. #media
Re: Rushdie, he's got the kavorka, the "lure of the animal." It's a little-known Latvian thing. Give him a vinegar bath and a necklace of garlic and he'll be fine. #amywinehouse
Re: Salman Rushdie's latest dashboard hula doll-- I didn't think there was a female equivalent of Arthur Kade, but once again the universe has proven me wrong. #amywinehouse
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Ah, always fun to see something change as a result of some skewering by Jon Stewart :[] #gop
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Although it does show that an absence of a chin doth not preclude the dawning of interweb superstardom. #gop
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I share because I care. #media
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Way to plan for the future, Essence. #media
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If they are geared towards an older demographic, then its just wasted time online activity. From the cover articles on this particular one, it seems its base is 40+. #media
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