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Category Archives: Interweb
The Onion, Skinned
I can’t say anything about the Onion Twitter/Quvenzhané Wallis kerfuffle that hasn’t already been thrashed over a million times by a million other people already. (Less than 24 hours after it started, I might add. Oh brave new world!) My … Read on! —->
Twitter Snitches Get No Twitter Stitches
The Guy Adams/NBC/Twitter flap angered a lot of people, but if I’m allowed to have a moment of emotional narcissism, I’ve found it more infuriating than most. The incident not only echoes nonsense I went through not too long ago, … Read on! —->
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Tagged guy adams, independent, nbc, olympics, timespublicedit, twitter
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How to Wind Up in Twitter Jail, Starring @TimesPublicEdit
I am @TimesPublicEdit. I didn’t work all that hard to keep this quiet, but I never formally announced it, mostly because I didn’t think anyone was waiting with baited breath trying to puzzle out the secret. The reason I’m “revealing” … Read on! —->
Posted in Interweb, Media Morons, The Funny
Tagged anderson cooper, arthur brisbane, dennis miller, fresh direct, hollywood reporter, jarts, kat stoeffel, lazy journalism, mitt romney, new york observer, new york post., new york times, timespublicedit, toronto globe and mail, truth vigilantes
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The Secrets of My Success
“Sir, you do have decent credit, but if we’re going to offer you this loan, you’ll need to put some collateral against it. Do you have anything of value to offer?” “Why yes, I do” *lays a dozen fake Twitter … Read on! —->
Knee Deep in the Hoopla
So: Yesterday on Twitter, I saw ESPN’s Keith Law RT a post from McSweeney’s. Keith Law is not usually my go-to source for humor writing, but I clicked nonetheless, and found a story called “You Built This City on What?” … Read on! —->
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Tagged incidental plagiarism, mcsweeney's, starship, we built this city on rock and roll
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Support Your Local Sporting Scene
If you read this site and/or follow me on Twitter and the like, I’m guessing there’s a very good chance you’ve heard this news already. On the off chance you haven’t, have you heard the news? It seems that a … Read on! —->
Posted in Interweb, Sports
Tagged bethlehem shoals, david roth, eric nusbaum, kickstarter, the classical, tim marchman, tom scharpling
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The Greatest Gift of All
People have been very generous to me over the years, but finding out that my site is the #4 hit on Google for “Violent J’s Beach Boys BBQ Blowout Bash Blast” may be the greatest birthday gift I have ever … Read on! —->
A Presentation of Upsetting Spam Theater
I usually comb through my email spam folder before emptying it, on the off chance I will find either non-spam correspondence or something hilarious. Like the time I received a plea for help from someone named GRISEL CHONG. Last week, … Read on! —->
Make ‘Em* Laugh! *(Em = Yourself)
I find few things funnier than responding to spammers. I know this is childish and stupid and pointless, and I don’t care. It just makes me laugh, dammit. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER LAUGHTER?!* For a while, I would directly respond to … Read on! —->
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Tagged drywall, gratuitous song remains the same references, spam email, spambots
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Once Again, the Internet Wins
There are many things to not like about the Interweb. Sure, maybe information travels too fast and trends are hocked up and discarded with little care and people say things to one another online they’d never dare say to each … Read on! —->