"It did not 'disparage' or 'cast aspersions' on the series itself, which many of us at The Times admired as an example of the in-depth reporting the Journal used to do with some regularity."
For us geriatrics, Jane Gross' New Old Age Blog was a revelation. I also understand that it got millions of hits right out of the box. For that alone, she should be more than the "butt" of a bad joke, but her work deserves better.
If you ever want your heart to break, head over to the Times' migraine blog. It is called Migraine: Perspectives on a Headache. The comments section is consistently devastating.
I'm not old either, but the typos drive me fucking nuts. Nuts!
- Calendar. Not calender.
- Strunk and White wrote "The Elements of Style," not "Element of Styles."
- Hillary Clinton is not a dude. Her first name has two Ls, not one.
(+1 if you're trying to make people think Gawker has been outsourced to Mumbai. )
@flavorflav: OK, fine. But did you ever think about the fine Mumbai-Americans whose ambitions to night-edit Gawker you've just crushed like Deep-Fried Tandori Chicken with your cruel reference?!
As a hockey fan, I have some ideas to save Slap Shot.
1. Replace it with a blog by NY Rangers coach John Tortorella. Yes it would be about hockey, but by someone who has been suspended by the NHL for throwing shit at rowdy fans. It could be called "Smirking Through Failure."
2. Hire a Canadian teenager to write Crosby / Ovechkin slash fiction in daily installments.
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Conservatives just can’t write shit like this.
12/16/09
Huh?
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I think one a month is enough. There is a lot there to digest.
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That said his "I am not a journalist" thing is total bullshit.
12/03/09
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Also, remember when the Gawker tag "The New York Times is just a fancy blog" was like, a futuristic neg?
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12/03/09
- Calendar. Not calender.
- Strunk and White wrote "The Elements of Style," not "Element of Styles."
- Hillary Clinton is not a dude. Her first name has two Ls, not one.
(+1 if you're trying to make people think Gawker has been outsourced to Mumbai. )
12/03/09
12/03/09
12/03/09
1. Replace it with a blog by NY Rangers coach John Tortorella. Yes it would be about hockey, but by someone who has been suspended by the NHL for throwing shit at rowdy fans. It could be called "Smirking Through Failure."
2. Hire a Canadian teenager to write Crosby / Ovechkin slash fiction in daily installments.
Okay those are the only ideas I have.
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