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SpyMagician
12/01/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
"A new website on its way, our largest partnership, more and more video..."

What about tote bags?
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lobstr
12/01/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
as a 2007 Heeb 100'er, I will tell you the defining moment for me was when Heeb's Dreidel Hustler and I were tripping during Coney Island's last Mermaid Parade and concocted a master plan to get quintessential Jew Fyvush Finkel to do a spread.

Days later after his agent was contacted, it was learned that Mr. Finkel is very hardcore in his Orthodox ways and is allergic to the technology involved in photo shoots or some shit :[]

Having said that, they did let me design a lil' funtimes Flash game for them..
[www.heebmagazine.com] ..

they ain't goin' nowhere..
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kappakappaspankme
12/01/09

@lobstr: I very much appreciate your including Lactaid.
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
12/01/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
What a coincidence! These are exactly the sorts of things that the banks have been saying just before they join the choir invisible.

And this clip has become handy. (Substitute "Heeb" for "parrot.")
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TheBusinessGuy
12/01/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
You know it's closed when they change the lox. (Sorry.)
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The-Littlest-Hobo
12/01/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
I'm sure that many other people have made this point in the past, but Heeb always seemed like a pale imitation of the excellent zine Plotz. Having said, I've haven't seen an issue of Heeb for a while, so maybe this is no longer the case.
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/30/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
[gawker.com]
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SpyMagician
11/30/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
Who ever bought an issue of Heeb?

Between Heeb, Jewcy & Jewlicious the only thing I could figure out differentiated them were what "witty" t-shirts and onesies they sold.
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Lux Alptraum
11/30/09

In reply to The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
If they go under, how will I bribe, uh, certain people by promising to get them into the Heeb 100????
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
02/25/09

In reply to Portfolio's Staggering Fall
Fortpolio? What that really worth the time it took to transpose the letters? (I guess it was if I took the time to comment on it)
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AmishOrSomething
02/25/09

In reply to Portfolio's Staggering Fall
I understand the risk I'm taking by saying such a thing on this platform, but I actually really like Portfolio. Feel free to draw parallels... I think it makes for some great bathroom reading.
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BookishLookish
02/25/09

@AmishOrSomething: I like it too. It's smart and accessible. I like their editorial "voice." I would not like to see it fail.
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gladys_kravitz
02/25/09

In reply to Portfolio's Staggering Fall
Just give me back my Domino.
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souplines
11/16/08

In reply to Terrible Jobs For Ex-Magaziners
The sky is falling! On a happier note meh was accepted as a word in the oxford dictionary. The word, according to them, originated when homer simpson and bart both replied while watching tv to a request to do something, meh
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i'm a bottle
11/17/08

@undefined: Sorry to break it to you, but "meh" was accepted not by the OED but by some pulpy sounding, fly-by-night operation called the "Collins English Dictionary." I just checked.

The word "nuh-uh" from the Simpsons is listed, though. Maybe that is what you meant. Here is how they cite it:

"1997 M. GROENING et al. Simpsons: Compl. Guide 218/4 Lisa. You lied to me. Nelson. Nuh-uh! Lisa. There, you did it again!"

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Weegee's bored
11/16/08

In reply to Terrible Jobs For Ex-Magaziners
In a related field, someone of my acquaintance who is an accomplished video producer and director was laid off. After failing to get a comparable job and getting desperate for anything, she redid her resume to change the word "producer" to the words "administrative assistant." And she entirely left out the words "Golden Globe." She immediately got an offer.
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minou
11/16/08

@Weegee's bored: I sent out a resume recently where I left off everything after the M.A. and made like I had been adjuncting for the past 4 years. It was for a job at Al Jazeera. Still haven't heard back.
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lionel-mandrake
11/16/08

@minou: Al Jazeera is picky. Seriously, I know first-hand.
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minou
11/16/08

@lionel-mandrake: Seriously, it was a shot in the dark. I am just an academic who is freaking out because I don't know what I am going to do when my fellowship is up in 7 months. I didn't expect they'd take my ivory-tower ass seriously.
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Hockeymom
11/16/08

In reply to Terrible Jobs For Ex-Magaziners
Television stations are hiring on their websites.
Check that, SOME television stations are hiring on the websites.
If you can write quickly, lie well-enough about knowing how to put pictures and words together, you might want to check out TV.
The pay is not memorable, but if you are a newsy sort, it's a good place to be.
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minou
11/16/08

In reply to Terrible Jobs For Ex-Magaziners
How does copy-editing/proofreading compare to marking papers on "Beloved" written by college sophomores, pain-wise? I'm curious about my ever-dwindling career options.
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aurora*raby
11/16/08

@minou: Copyediting is a great outlet for any obsessive-compulsive tendencies. There's no glory in it, though, and I've certainly never made $40 an hour.
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minou
11/16/08

@aurora*raby: No glory in grading papers, either. And if you are obsessive-compulsive, it's hell. For $40/hour, it might be worth it but yeah, ain't nobody makin' that right now doing what I do unless they have tenure (which very few people do anymore).
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aurora*raby
11/16/08

@minou: Now, I've worked only on books and magazines. Books pay less than mags do because the latter benefit from advertising dollars (at least in a perfect world). Apparently, specialized fields such legal and medical pay more. Maybe that's where your $40-plus an hour comes in? (I'm such a loser.)
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