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Thursday, May 02, 2002

id like to thank...

national magazine award winners

causality

my aunt whos been active in progressive movements for 25 years (i think she was even arrested along with "the anarchists" in a post 9-11 march in dc) has mistaken me in her email list for someone else. i sent her an email last time "explaining" her mistake. i add the quotes because the email i sent her could have been misunderstood but i thought that by signing it '(your nephew) david' that would be sufficient to clarify. apparently not, or else she is a closet df fan. ill post the email in comments.

mediamente

"With a wary eye on technological developments, the newspaper industry is preparing for change, and even if some of the accompanying rhetoric isn't entirely convincing, convergence with broadcast and online media is the shape of things to come for newspapers."

news hounding

"Now Adelman is locked in a battle against the Belo media corporation, owner of The Dallas Morning News, which sent him a legalistic letter this week demanding that BarkingDogs.org remove all "deep links" to the DallasNews.com site."

never happen

"Former President Bill Clinton met with NBC executives Wednesday in Los Angeles to discuss hosting his own talk show, according to several television sources.

Although the talks are only preliminary, one source said Clinton's interest was serious and said he was demanding a fee of $50 million a year and had aspirations "of becoming the next Oprah Winfrey."

sunnyside up

james fallows and ralph nader are at slate's breakfast table this week.

swallow tales

"John Dean, the White House counsel whose revelations about the Nixon presidency were the first flames in the volcano of Watergate scandal, is about to turn up the heat again by revealing the identity of Deep Throat." via spike

human nature

"Scientists for the first time have managed to remotely direct the movements of rats by using implanted electrodes to control their behavior -- in effect transforming living animals into robots."

Wednesday, May 01, 2002

deep dish

Tuesday, Apr 30, 2002

get down with your bad self

"R&B star R Kelly has been hit with a third lawsuit which says he had sex with an underage girl who then became pregnant."
Kelly has been called to the Vatican for a special meeting where he will be presented with this months Cardinal Sin Award which is quite an honor considering the competition these days.

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