Politico's Patrick Gavin didn't really regret the error.

BusinessWeek media columnist Jon Fine felt someone else's pain.

Web micromogul Alan Meckler took his chances with the swine flu.

Chicago Tribune writer Kevin Pang warned of the threat of pork consumption.

Freelance writer Janet Rae-Dupree fell victim to another stupid Twitter twend.

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Politico's Patrick Gavin ogled the oglers.

Salon.com editor-in-chief Joan Walsh confirmed people's general opinion of her.

Geek overlord and Digg founder Kevin Rose prepared to rule Austin at SXSW, the geek spring-break festival.

Former AOL employee and Engadget alumnus Ryan Block gloated over the firing of incompetent AOL CEO Randy Falco.

Boing Boing blogger and intergalactic space princess Xeni Jardin reported in from Africa.

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Time's Karen Tumulty and Rachel Maddow buddy Ana Marie Cox were fascinated by the funny ways foreigners speak.

Music critic Touré applauded John Mayer's effort to monetize Twitter in ways that Obama's latest, disastrous economic advisor would never dare.

Money was also on the mind of Gawker alum Nick Douglas as he learned that collecting a book of funny tweets does not solve money problems as quickly as one would like.

The Politico's gossip reporter Patrick Gavin opined that todays poors are living on easy street.

Former celebrity magazine editor Bonnie Fuller revealed herself as the only person in the world who believes Madonna hasn't had some work done.

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Self-described "new media whore" Paul Carr wanted everyone to know he was not dead.

David Pogue upheld the standards of the New York Times.

Politico's Patrick Gavin learned how to say "bruschetta."

Brian Chen at Wired crowdsourced his latest assignment.

Tina Fey thought about the sweetness of fame.

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Politico's Patrick Gavin got things done.

Mashable writer Mark Drapeau craved caffeine.

Microsoft-employed Web comedian Alex Blagg reminisced about the days before the death of print.

New media flack Leslie Bradshaw felt lightheaded and had a Hot Pockets (the diet kind).

Gadget blogger Peter Rojas worked from his $1.6 million Lower East Side home.

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During the Q&A at America Anonymous author Benoit Denizet-Lewis' book party (hosted at a booze-free "sober living loft") someone asked whether whether being a sex addict made it, er, complicated to report on "Down Low" culture. Benoit's response, we heard, was uncomfortable.

Young hotshot Patrick Gavin, who runs Fishbowl DC, is going to Politico. He is the DC version of Neel Shah, except Neel lives in NYC and went to nightclubs with cool people so much he landed at P6, and Patrick is in DC so he goes to cocktail parties with political nerds and wears a blazer. And does not sell magic berries. [Politico]



A tipster tells us about a new push for buyouts at the now basically online-only Christian Science Monitor and if the buyouts don't come, the editor warns in a memo: "The regrettable reality, however, is that there is no way to meet our budget goal other than to reduce the staff. We estimate the reduction to be 15-16 positions (it could be more or fewer, depending on salary levels)." Our tipster adds, "this seems to [management's] attempt to push out the oldest; if it doesn't work, we (the younger folks) will all likely be sacked, because the monitor never fires anyone who's been there more than a decade. call it compassion, of a sort."

The traditional January round of layoffs-and-other-unexpected-occurrences at Conde Nast hasn't materialized yet. Probably because they just did that two months ago. So it will be at least another month before massive layoffs return. [NYO]

Life & Style's latest cover is one of those diet stories about how celebrities shed pounds. Their cover girls are Jessica Alba, in a photo by Mario Testino that was airbrushed before it went into a Campari calendar, and Britney Spears, in a photo our tipster tells us was taken in 2003 by Andrew Eccles. So, Photoshop and time travel, those are the ways stars lose weight.

The horrifically troubled New York Times has a new signup procedure for free employee backrubs. Presumably given by laid-off bankers. [Nytpicker]


Nat Hentoff works the phrase "He puts on his skunk suit and heads off to the garden party" into his final column. [VV]