Archive for June, 2008
i wonder if nbc flew in "the donald" to deliver the message…
in a related story, 630, i found this one in the aftermath of our captain’s (tim russert’s) death. the woman that updated wikipedia with the news about russert’s death 40 minutes before nbc news did was fired. why is this wrong? you may ask.
i respect the fact that news agencies wanted to get word to [...]
moving ahead
at tim russert’s memorial, tom brokaw joked that the largest contingent at the kennedy center was made up of “those who think they should be his successor on ‘Meet the Press’.” who knew that he meant himself. after a brian williams hosted mtp this past sunday, it was announced that brokaw would moderate the show [...]
time for a diet
the next time you walk into your grocery store, be prepared to pull out a few extra bucks. the severe weather and the floods hitting the midwest has cause prices to go up on staple items such as beef, milk, sugar and flour. in iowa alone, 1.2 million acres of corn has been lost. [...]
and now a word from our anchors…
this one was all over the web last week. we thought it would be a good way to start your week.
games people play…
i guess flying fish (bill hemmer) never watched beavis and butthead back in the day, if he had, i’m not sure he would have highlighted the special game he plays in the backyard with his friends at his home away from home in sag harbor, new york (hamptons to you and me). the game is [...]
wtf?
miss manners would be disgusted by some recent displays of profanity. just like people tend to overshare (it’s not just you julia “my life is a stage” allison). i have three exhibits to prove my point.
exhibit a: gordon ramsay
something is rotten down undah. apparently while dropping a shrimp on the barbie, gordon ramsay dropped the [...]
from 100,000 feet should we run it up the flag pole?
loved this one from over the pond. as a follow-up to an article about annoying office lingo, the bbc did us the favor of cataloging the 50 most annoying terms used during the business day. some of my favorites popped into the list:
leverage * paradigm shift * bandwidth * in this space * conversate * [...]
