The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Don’t Mess With the Zilla!

Zilla of the Resistance gives John Hawkins a piece of her angry mind over his “Coming Death of Independent Blogs” article: John Hawkins at Right Wing News has posted a piece proclaiming that if you’re not a big important blogger like him and are just a smaller, newer, blogger like me, then you should just […]

It’s Not News, But Why Miss a Chance to Use ‘Palin’ in a Deceptive Headline?

Today’s news from the Department of Deceptive Headlines: Bristol Palin To Star In A Reality Show With Disney Channel’s Kyle Massey Checking my calendar — yep, it’s July 18 — I point out this headline from a press release issued on May 9: BIO CHANNEL GREENLIGHTS UNTITLED BRISTOL PALIN, CHRISTOPHER MASSEY AND KYLE MASSEY DOCU-SERIES Permit […]

VIDEO: Obama in His Own Words

“You see, you see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child […]

Re-Explaining the Amazon Thing (Or, Is Your Husband Reading The Right Blog?)

When I’d mentioned earlier that someone bought a $199.99 piece of jewelry via my Amazon Associates link — thereby earning me an $8 commission — some of the commenters seemed not to understand how it works. Look, here’s the wonderful Amazon “carousel” widget: Amazon.com Widgets This is a selection of products I’ve picked out — […]

To the Reader Who Bought the 1/8 Carat Gold and Diamond Heart Pendant

Honestly, it never would have occurred to me to buy a $199.99 piece of jewelry via an Amazon link from my favorite blogger, but at least one “magnificent bastard” did, and thereby accomplished two purposes: Made his wife, fiancé, girlfriend or mistress very happy; and Contributed $8 toward supporting this blog, for which I’m probably even happier than […]

New York Times Sends an 11-Year-Old Girl to Interview the Jonas Brothers

Or the equivalent thereof: Shridar Pappu’s profile feature on “Washington’s New Brat Pack” pulses with so much fanzine breathlessness you might think it was February 1964 and the Beatles had just landed in New York: In only a few years, these young men and others like them have become part of the journalistic establishment in […]

Computer-Induced Tourette’s Syndrome: Concise Definition and Long Explanation

Spontaneous outbursts of profane, vulgar and obscene epithets caused by a computer malfunction. “Save early, save often” is a maxim I was taught when I first started writing on computers as a new-minted reporter a quarter-century ago. Improvements in technology, however, have made it increasingly easy to ignore that adage — at peril of that rare occasion when […]

Stupid Google Tricks

“Being ranked in the top 5 for something on Google and being ranked 25th or 125th can be the difference between selling your crappy website to AOL for $315 million and going out of business.” — James Joyner, Outside the Beltway The fact that a major corporation like J.C. Penney was willing to pay money […]

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