May 2008
36 posts
Interrogation
I wasn’t the only one surprised by the questions asked before we got to security. From the conversations I overheard (I haven’t actually talked to anyone yet), others also felt offput by the El Al agents’ questions about whether we have Jewish names, how much Hebrew we know, the last time we entered a temple, whether our parents are Jewish, why we are going to Israel and so on.
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Thank God For My Neck
I lose my boarding pass, oh, about every 30 seconds after printing it out. On average, I’d say I lose (and quickly find again) my boarding pass 5.3 times per trip to the airport. Once I checked it and had to get a new one. Usually it’s shoved into a crevice of my pocketbook. Occasionally in my back jeans pocket.
OK I have to go use it now. That is, assuming I can find it.
Media Analysis Comes In All Forms
CNN’s Bill Schneider asks, could we see a dual-party ticket?
His first only expert, Brookings’ Stephen Hess, says:
It’s one of those ideas that gets floated by people who either haven’t thought it through or people who just have too much time on their hands.
Note: Before you ask, Schneider didn’t say that some people out there are calling for it or asking about it...
Enjoy Your Stay At Inn Conspicuous
Pearlman was running from creditors and regulators when FBI agents found him in Bali, Indonesia, last June living under the name A. Incognito Johnson. He was expelled from the country and arrested in Guam.
— Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman sentenced to 25 years in federal prison
A Fitting Metaphor
A N.J. editor will be buried with a newspaper in his hands.
The newspaper industry, a dynamic, influential and financially turbulent sector of society for more than 200 years, died recently of parasitic undernourishment.
Castle On A Cloud
Ciara: i know you;re busy so i'm not expecting a reply unti some time whenever, but i'm watching antm and one of the girls just went ooooh i've never seen a castle.. is that... wow. America is so young
me: um
f u
the only castles we've seen are in disney world and fairy tales
Ciara: cute
America is so cute
That's Right. Thank Us For Enslaving You.
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.
I know I’m late to the Patty Party, but I just recently read this post on Pat...
Conspiracy Theorist Or Desperate To Get Off Jury?
R. Kelly may have led the Taliban in attacking us on 9-11, but you can’t prove it.
— On a Chicago Tribune list of reasons for jury nullificaiton in the R. Kelly trial.
Not In New York City Anymore
Just got a letter sent to the editors in my newsroom about a new business page format:
I am a local corn farmer and depend on the Sun News commodity listing to determine at what price I sell my corn on a daily basis. Now I can’t find the commodity listing in the paper or on your website.
You Hate Me! You Really Hate Me!
The Sun News is offering buyouts, and one commenter basically called for me to be fired.
He is so pissed because I posted (what I thought was a really cute) video about these two girls who were on a family golf cart talking about how excited they were for a new theme park here, Hard Rock Park, to open, and the guy pointed out how it’s illegal for kids to drive golf carts. I noted that the...
WatchMy video about Arlo Guthrie’s visit to Hard Rock Park. I’m learning. besides getting a tripod, any suggestions? I’m using Windows Movie Maker for now, though I sometimes use iMovie, depending on whether I’m at work (former) or at home (latter).
Miley's Manufactured Private Parts
It’s manufactured hoo-ha.
—Men’s Health editor Dave Zinczenko on Miley Cyrus scandal
any genitals on either a boy or a girl
Jenny kicked Tim in his hoo-ha
That skirt is so low you can almost see your hoo-ha
—Urban Dictionary’s definition of hoo-ha
Update: I like to link, link, link, apples and bananas. Oh well.
Crack Party!
Police officers were patrolling near Skeeter’s Motel on 31st Avenue when one of them overheard a motel guest mention there was a crack party happening in one of the rooms, police said. The officers knocked on the door where they found nine people sitting with crack pipes and drugs in plain view, police said.
— Drug Bust in Atlantic Beach, The Sun News
“I’d eat him.”
– George Foreman on what he would do to Rev. Wright if he were Barack Obama.
New Products To Further Enhance Their Experience
“Rather than nickeling and diming customers, we’re trying to create new products that they want to purchase to further enhance their experience,” said Andrea Spiegel, JetBlue’s vice president of marketing.
Passengers can pay $10 to $30 more to sit in rows with 38 inches of pitch, the distance between two seatbacks. The rest of the seats have 34 inches of pitch, still more...
Local Politics
Bill McKown, a former Surfside Beach town councilman, said in filing papers for state Senate that he lives in North Myrtle Beach. Slight difference.
“If Mr. McKown can’t figure out where he lives, he certainly shouldn’t be a state Senator,” state Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler said in the release. “He apparently lives outside the district, but he thought no one...
The Poetry Of Me
High school friends show up in the weirdest places. Like on a Ford Models’ model search page. I don’t know if Ben Baron and I said two words to each other while in school, so I’m at a loss as to how to describe him. Best to let his own words speak for themselves:
Why do I want to be a model?…Well, I’m passionate and driven, active yet laid back, down to earth but dream of...