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Trackback — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:26:47 EDT

Oh hey, October, things are going on in different places, let's check it out: * OMFG did you know Gawker is mean? [New York magazine, 11 pages] * I should really retroactively quit, having learned such a terrible fact! Also, my Wonkette co-editor beat me to it, the lousy sonofabitch.

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TheUptightMidwesterner — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:35:05 EDT

Yay! "One foot in the door, the other one in the gutter..."
If you get all lonley, Alex, I will be sure to send you a hot dish.

TheUptightMidwesterner

Juba — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:03:42 EDT

@Cesare_the_Somnambulist: Are you so jaded you don't know friendly when it walks up and fails to make an oh-so-edgy MIT joke? Oh, and even though I'm reticent to mention my own film-school origins, even I'm wouldn't swipe a name from Dr. Caligari. Kudos!

Juba

notthatpopular — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:57:30 EDT

What is it about your name that makes me want to eat you...Are you filled with marshmallow or nougat?

notthatpopular

MisterHippity — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:48:09 EDT

There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody's watching you
People you meet they all seem to know you
Even your old friends treat you like you're something new.

Alex-come-lately
The new kid in town,
Everybody loves you
So don't let them down.

(I hate the Eagles, by the way.)

MisterHippity

DorothyMantooth — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:16:10 EDT

Welcome, NewAlex.
Now dance, monkey!

DorothyMantooth

magic8ball — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:04:27 EDT

@jbk: no I didn't

magic8ball

shesaidwhat — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:00:50 EDT

Are you lying on the floor next to your own sick unable to work? No? Then you are not Paul Westerberg.

@City_Dater: I too have seen PW. I can't really say that I've seen him perform. He staggered around a bit on stage. Even still when I saw that graphic my heart skipped a beat. They are all time favorites.

shesaidwhat

Truculent — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:49:26 EDT

@Curse_of_NursePornstein: Don't forget to carry the 9

Truculent

Faster — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:40:05 EDT

Just 114 words and I hate you already.

Faster

Curse_of_NursePornstein — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:30:18 EDT

@Truculent: ??? Gawker team +Pareene + propeller head= Et tu, Depardoo?

Curse_of_NursePornstein

paulrevere — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:27:45 EDT

By the way, when do we start getting paid for commenting?

paulrevere

MsMuffinMcGuffin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:26:15 EDT

Welcome to the neighborhood!

MsMuffinMcGuffin

jbk — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:23:25 EDT

Did Denton pay for the relocation? Magic 8 Ball says....Answer hazy, try again later.

jbk

LilaFowler — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:21:04 EDT

I love you in advance for hexing Lohan. Fingers are crossed.

LilaFowler

NotThatClever — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:21:01 EDT

Welcome, welcome. Minnesota on da blog!

NotThatClever
Minnetonka High School, Class of a Fucking Long Time Ago

NotThatClever

Truculent — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:09:34 EDT

From Frogtown to the Big Town. Welcome. The propeller that grew from the top of your head during your Wonkette gig should shrink over time

Truculent

ellagood — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:09:03 EDT

you've been here before?
shit, my blackouts used to be pretty frequent...

ellagood

josh speed — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:59:01 EDT

@fortqueenmean: Hey, don't stand on formalities or anything, love.

josh speed

fortqueenmean — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:41:19 EDT

Welcome, Alex. So let's just get the formalities out of the way; if you were on a desert island (or Staten Island) which would you prefer:

-Pole
-Hole

???

fortqueenmean

Lysergic Asset — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:41:01 EDT

Does this mean that the former editor of Radar took Alex Pareene's job at Wonkette? Or does the circle of separation continue indefinitely?

Lysergic Asset

messica — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:34:54 EDT

I admittedly Google-imaged "Alex Pareene", and the first picture is of you smoking a cigarette surrounded by beer bottles. I think we'll get along just fine.

messica

oneninesevenfour — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:30:21 EDT

If Pareene is there and I'm still in DC (let me check: yep same ghetto view of a cemetery) ... that means he did not take me with him. He is SO off my holiday card list.

oneninesevenfour

nasty boots brigade — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:29:20 EDT

check 1, 2, 3. check check. awesome! i'm really glad that commenting privileges on wonkette work over here as well. i've updated my bookmarks and i'm mentally prepared for the fun times ahead!

nasty boots brigade

Products Will Save Me — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:29:08 EDT

@momo: Fingers crossed.

Products Will Save Me

FracturedAcetabulum — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:28:25 EDT

I learned it from watching you!

Welcome.

FracturedAcetabulum

Products Will Save Me — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:26:32 EDT

@NotAndersonCooper: If we take it upon ourselves to bring in cookies on random days, he'll have no choice but to take 20 minutes or so out of teaching to let us distribute them to the class.

Products Will Save Me

anythinggold — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:25:37 EDT

You're fucking with my routine here, Pareene . Now I have to read Gawker to make your Wonkette departure hurt less? I guess I have to quit my job now or something. Thx.

anythinggold

Clarence Rosario — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:25:17 EDT

@tammyfey: I agree. "You owe me a new keyboard" needs to be added to that Gawker blog cliche list.

Oh, welcome, Alex. From 20% of the Gawker Straight Male Contingent.

Clarence Rosario

scarcat — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:24:02 EDT

Welcome ! and remember "There's no one you can't afford to piss off."

scarcat

rod townsend — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:22:18 EDT

@concerned citizen: I'd hope that he sees it as an opportunity to generate page views.

rod townsend

TheBigDoggy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:21:27 EDT

Welcome, welcome! Have you already hooked yourself up to Balk's bourbon drip? If so, your new job will be a bit more tolerable. But just a bit.

TheBigDoggy

paulrevere — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:17:59 EDT

@PandoraSpocks: He was doing fine during this morning's pillow fight.

paulrevere

Goodbye, Commenters! — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:17:31 EDT

@Upper Upper West Side: I am a Gawker Commenter program, still in beta at MIT Snarqlabs.

Goodbye, Commenters!

Juba — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:14:42 EDT

Welcome! In a Gawker editor, I look for a general antipathy tempered by an annoying sense of responsibility to, like, post shit regularly. I personally never expect much from Wes Anderson that he hasn't done (better) previously, and I don't like cats unless they are properly ferocious. I also have a thing for guys with glasses. Consider this "better know your readers!"

Juba

GayatriSpivak — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:13:48 EDT

So when will Denton start forcing this kid to gobble estrogen pills?

GayatriSpivak

NotAndersonCooper — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:08:40 EDT

The last guy let us have class outside and gave us his home phone. Will you be doing the same?

NotAndersonCooper

numbersix — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:06:00 EDT

Please send a strongly worded email to your replacements at the 'kette to stop posting about sports.

Also, hi.

numbersix

Snarktastic — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:05:54 EDT

@tammyfey: Owww! My soul!

Snarktastic

jetztinberlin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:05:12 EDT

You're not my real dad! Um. I mean, welcome!

jetztinberlin

Goodbye, Commenters! — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:03:30 EDT

Dear Alex,

Some advice from the original blogger, useful when deciding how much sympathy to give your newest subjects:

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

--Samuel Johnson

Goodbye, Commenters!

gonzosmom — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:02:41 EDT

So, what's your favorite color?@Sara Benincasa:
Doreen Pareene - and then they have a baby named Maureen Pareene, and a son, Taurene Pareene...

gonzosmom

PandoraSpocks — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:02:06 EDT

@paulrevere: Balk, how're things over at Radar?

Willkommen, Alex 2.

PandoraSpocks

PimpMyCouch — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:59:41 EDT

So we're meeting the new boss? Are you the same as the old boss? Welcome, in any case.

Minnesota! Home of the Spam Museum!

PimpMyCouch

the cajun boy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:57:47 EDT

you have a big condom to fill alex.

the cajun boy

collegecallgirl — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:55:31 EDT

If my cat's a short-hair, can I still have you over for dinner parties? If yes, do you have any food allergies? Do you prefer red or white wine? Feel free to bring your wife!

collegecallgirl

KarenUhOh — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:55:29 EDT

Children by the millions scream for Alex Pareene to com--

Oh, never mind. Hi dere.

KarenUhOh

GothamTomato — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:54:44 EDT

Minneapolis? So, are the residents there happier now that the name conjures images of lonely men tapping their feet at the airport, instead of Mary Richards throwing her hat into the air?

GothamTomato

tammyfey — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:54:26 EDT

@Snarktastic: Oh please, can't the My Cock thing die already! That and LOLing so much that you end up spitting on your screen, spilling liquid on the keyboard, etc. C'mon, we're a wacky bunch of kids here. Surely new funnies can be made.

tammyfey

mcginstein — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:54:01 EDT

Hi. Welcome. How long do you think it'll take to win over our hearts and minds?

mcginstein

BalknChain — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:52:48 EDT

Welcome Pareene.
Gawker bile factory is a good sound byte that leaves me wanting more, so more please.

BalknChain

Curse_of_NursePornstein — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:50:14 EDT

You've earned a bye based on the assumption that the 'Mats reference was your own. I won't be as easy on you next round.

Curse_of_NursePornstein

crotchety — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:50:05 EDT

Does this mean Minnesota will take more punches from Gawker or fewer?

Welcome aboard.

crotchety

riskybusiness — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:47:00 EDT

@City_Dater: I thought they called him "Fall Downstairsterberg".

riskybusiness

In Other News... — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:46:27 EDT

Welcome, welcome. Back? Back.

In Other News...

hortense — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:46:19 EDT

What up, Minnesota? Let's celebrate with a nice pan of cookie bars.

hortense

ImFeedingMattDamon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:46:14 EDT

@Snarktastic:

I prefer to call it his "Pareenis".

ImFeedingMattDamon

Products Will Save Me — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:45:53 EDT

Hello there.
So what are your thoughts/ feelings on this?
[nymag.com]

Products Will Save Me

josh speed — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:45:25 EDT

What momo said. Also: those fingerless gloves are really bringing out the Dickensian in your outfit.

josh speed

riskybusiness — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:45:13 EDT

"I can't wait... Can't hardly wa-ait"

I geuss that the backstage pass is fitting for the moment, but I still can't decide if I like "Stink" better than I like "Don't Tell a Soul".

Okay, "Stink" wins it.

riskybusiness

City_Dater — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:43:50 EDT

I've seen Paul Westerberg, and you sir, are no Paul Westerberg...
But hey, totally pleased to meet you anyway. Welcome!

City_Dater

Snarktastic — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:43:09 EDT

When can we expect to hear from your cock?

Snarktastic

LolCait — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:41:28 EDT

What's that song? Guns 'n' Roses, that goes:

"You're gonna diiiiiiiiee" ?

No reason. Just wondering.

LolCait

rod townsend — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:40:48 EDT

That's all well and good, but please get to the roof in an American Apparel swimsuit. We gotzta see the goods.

rod townsend

Sara Benincasa — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:39:26 EDT

"Pareene" is the best name since "Doree." Welcome!

Sara Benincasa

paulrevere — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:38:55 EDT

SCREW YOU, HIPPY! YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE BALK!!

ha ha

paulrevere

CodePink — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:38:35 EDT

Yes, but do you mind if I actually AM a cat? Welcome, Pareens!

CodePink

allyzay — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:38:09 EDT

that cat thing is passive-aggressive, isn't it.

allyzay

ZiggyStardust — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:37:11 EDT

Welcome back to New York, Pareene!

ZiggyStardust

Moe — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:36:53 EDT

OMG CRUSH!!! More info please! Such as: your tattoos -- just how pretentious? And also, did the Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton thing spoil it for you just a little or was that just me?

Moe