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@Foster Kamer:Thanksgiving keeps on giving. I would have NEVER known of this little gem if it weren't for you so thank you!!!! Never mind the exclamations, be thankful I did not to do this in all caps.
@Lysergic Asset: Years ago this guy got the cover of Time. I remember thinking, "I am staring at a photo of satan." Seriously, scared the shit outta me. And now, I'm having a flashback.
@Lysergic Asset: He reminds me of the guy on Tru Blood who ran the church that was after the vampires. Actually, I have the exact feelings toward the both of them, though the Tru Blood dude was more buffoonish, less scary.
@Lysergic Asset: You should watch Tru Blood. It's very raunchy, and Michelle Forbes comes along in Season Two as a nutty goddess. But George Hamilton was pretty good. Hopefully they won't do a Twilight inspired remake of Love at First Bite, full of tweens.
I used to LOVE 99X. It's a now defunct station but back in the day it was the only place you could listen to real alternative and rock music. It was replaced with one of those bland Top 40 stations. Sigh. And Ari Fleisher? Seriously? Was she that desperate?
@heywhat: ETA: I just figured out who she's married to! She's Jimmy Baron's wife. I loved his morning show with Toucher and Leslie Fram. I remember one of the running jokes on the show was how wild and loose she used to be back in the day. She frequently called in to the show to discuss embarrassing things about their marriage. Ahh, the good old days.
@Swifter: I should have saved it for Wednesday, which is the best day for going after the demographic that doesn't want to see 8-year-old, bound-and-gagged boys die.
@PaisleyPajamas: I definitely thought that, but luckily, the rest of the article didn't disappoint. I almost got caught up in this Foster Kramer person's salacious glee, and went to wish list the book on Amazon, but I have too much else to read. I'll wait for his inevitable book review.
@ShawnP: The first thing I thought was she had to do Fleischer because Reed wouldn't be interested in her. But I see her book claims he had a "soft spot for the ladies."
Although I still don't buy that (I get a giant PING from him), isn't it also a sin in their eyes to fornicate with a woman not his wife, for purposes other than reproduction?
I know I am in the minority here (on a lot of things), but I do find Ari rather sexy. Not sure if it is because it is a rarity to find a Jewish Republican or if it is my penchant for balding men, but he does blow up my skirt.
@momof3wildkids: #STOPIT I'm okay with having my picture out there and I even particularly like this one because it's me making a penis joke in the Tate Modern (naturally) but whenever she sees it my mom calls me and is like why yah hiding yah shana punim you should stop covering that beautiful mawth I gave you my gawd I mean at least do it fah yah mothah and I'm like M-OM STOP READING MY SHIT and she's like and you gotta use such dawty wahds and I'm like, GOD. MOM. And then she gets my grandmother to call me to kvetch at me some more and give me the goddamn exact same guff, but I can't be belligerent with my grandmother. So: do you see the issue here?
@Foster Kamer: Oh, dear. Friends who have hi-profile, public positions (and parents) re fb set up an account in their real name, and send people like clients and parents to that one. And send everyone else to the other one, the one they have to get the name of in person.
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50 years ago, the trade had highborn WASP men speaking as the voice of god, and lowborn WASP men twiddling away on the other stuff
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(Nobody did it better than George Hamilton!)
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Although I still don't buy that (I get a giant PING from him), isn't it also a sin in their eyes to fornicate with a woman not his wife, for purposes other than reproduction?
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@Foster Kamer: Unless you have the teeth of a Brit, you have nothing to worry about.
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His 'power grid' is up too.
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I like the photo even more now that I know that a penis joke is involved.
I think you should be Mr. Tevet in the Hebrew calendar. Ari can be Mr. Sh'vat.... Even this shiksa would consider buying it.
There, I hope that helps you with your grandmother and mother and their kvetching.
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