January 2012
1 post
WatchHilarious. (via Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Releases ‘Mitt Romney Is a Serial Killer’ Ad — Daily Intel)
December 2011
5 posts
“If you tell someone they may die of diarrhea, it is not much of an incentive to...”
– IRIN Asia | ASIA: Taking the taboo out of the loo
This story includes the following statistic: According to UNICEF, some 1.2 billion people worldwide defecate in the open rather than using toilets.
Halfbakery: Old-time prospecting for radioactive... →
I stumbled on this great website where you can submit your half-baked idea, and people tell you what a terrible plan it is!
August 2011
1 post
“The scary thing is we still see all these tweets being jokey and jovial and...”
– News Desk: Chasing Hurricanes on Twitter : The New Yorker
May 2011
3 posts
“Their salary history follows them wherever they go. It’s like a parrot on your...”
– Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers, Outlook is Bleak Even for Recent College Graduates - NYTimes.com
WatchMy first attempt at shooting and editing online video for The Star-Ledger and NJ.com after a week of training. (via Video: Tibetan Buddhist monks create a sand mandala at the Newark Museum - Video | NJ.com)
“But over time I began to take delight in this peculiar feature of my job—that my...”
– n 1: My Life and Times in American Journalism - The life of a copy editor
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
2 posts
February 2011
3 posts
“He was a founding member of a secret society of memorizers called the KL7 and...”
– Secrets of a Mind-Gamer - NYTimes.com
November 2010
1 post
"Floyd, I think we turned our clocks back way too... →
Daylight Saving humor
May 2010
1 post
My Half-Baked Bubble →
Excerpt from New York Times op-ed by my new favorite writer, Joshuah Bearman:
I’m not sure how I came up with this idea, but what I told my classmates was this: my mom is an expert baker, and at the end of the year she always bakes this incredible cake, the best cake ever, for me and my best friends at school. It’s coming, this wonderful cake. Can you picture it in your mind? It will be a great...
January 2010
2 posts
“Young writers will have to swear off navel-gazing in favor of an outward glance...”
– Ted Genoways, editor of Virginia Quarterly Review, in Jan./Feb. 2010 Mother Jones article “Final Chapter,” about disappearing literary mags.
September 2009
3 posts
WatchBookworm Room » Jon Stewart does a brilliant take on the ACORN scandal. “Your pimp costume appears to be a fur coat on top of your Andover uniform.” - Jon Stewart.
“He said the circumstances suggested there could be a ‘murderer among...”
– Yale student’s killing wasn’t random, police say - CNN.com
August 2009
1 post
WatchJust about the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.
July 2009
5 posts
Phenomenon - Love in 2-D - NYTimes.com →
The saddest story I’ve ever read … Also, it has a great lede.
“New Jersey is divided into hundreds of tiny fiefdoms, where part-time elected...”
– Why New Jersey’s Culture of Corruption Endures - NYTimes.com
Super classy rape whistle? (It's from Tiffany's.) →
May 2009
1 post
April 2009
2 posts
Young Americans going abroad to teach - CNN.com →
If I ever got laid off, this is exactly what I would do.
“I have a B.S. in sociology, and its value bears a strong similarity to its...”
– Jonathan, a college graduate in North Carolina who’d been working at a used-book store. In the recession, does advanced education really pay off? - By Emily Bazelon - Slate Magazine
March 2009
10 posts
“The situation now looks grim for The Tucson Citizen. In the past 25 years,...”
– Wow. Did not realize that paper had such a dramatic drop in circulation. Newspapers fold as readers defect and economy sours - CNN.com
Seattle P-I to publish last edition Tuesday →
At least they plan to maintain their online presence.
Play Jim Cramer's Crashteroids Game | The Big... →
My co-workers tell me Jim Cramer used to work at the Tallahassee Democrat way back when.
For Papers, a Downsizing Trickle Becomes a Flood -... →
Makes me wonder if I’m crazy to still want to be in the newspaper business.
WatchJon Stewart skewers CNBC. CNBC Gives Financial Advice | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
February 2009
13 posts
WatchEnd of the Rocky Mountain News. Final Edition on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“Smith admitted that the thrill was addictive. ‘I loved the danger in it. I...”
– Oddly enough, this article kind of makes me want to rob a bank. Robbing banks no longer just for guys, FBI statistics show - CNN.com
WatchBarack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe’s speech was off the record, despite being held at the National Press Club. I heart Milbank!!
Dana Milbank - The Audacity of Audaciousness - washingtonpost.com
Talking Points Memo | Virginia GOP Chairman's Blog... →
I still don’t see the point of Twitter. But I do it anyway, like any “good journalist.”
“It’s just wicked hard to tame the media beast these days. You reach out to...”
– Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to George W. Bush. Howard Kurtz - Obama Attempts to Manage His Media Presence - washingtonpost.com