I give Cho a lot of shit.
No apologies, just a statement of fact. And all of it’s deserved. But I do have to say that...
Jul 1st
An Extremely Brief History Of Blog Feuds
File under things which took three hours to boldface.
Jul 1st
Identity Politics
I was always deeply amused when Gawker commenters would accuse me of being wacky performance artist...
Jul 1st
marklisanti:
“Suddenly, a dying David Crosby appears and...
Jul 1st
The fun never stops.
Our features editor is on vacation this week. I just forwarded something to her and the...
Jul 1st
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When the clip jockeys from Red Lasso describe something as MUST-SEE, well, you’ve got to take...
Jul 1st
And now it's a place where old ladies do...
I live around the corner from this, and I’ve always wondered.
Jul 1st
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Milestones of any sort always seem ridiculously arbitrary; the idea that we’re going to give special...
Jul 1st
We're not gonna turn into Advocate's...
but read this.
Jul 1st
Jun 30th
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The first real album I became aware of was Billy Joel’s The Stranger. I remember listening to it in...
Jun 30th
Jun 30th
Somebody from City Paper:
So I spent the weekend getting all worked up about the Lara Logan sex...
Jun 30th
Because I live my life in a constant state of stress and...
Jun 30th
The end of each week for the last month or so has consisted...
Jun 27th
Congratulations to Leitch on his last day. This is a pretty...
Jun 27th
Taking Action for Zimbabwe
Renée writes: I was at a conference where Joe Trippi recommended this site; there are a couple of...
Jun 27th
I don’t listen to This American Life because I think...
Jun 27th
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Can someone explain to me why Vampires Stole My Lunch Money is not available on CD?
Jun 27th
I think there’s something wrong with my Internet, it...
Jun 26th
Rhymes with Memily
I don’t get the over-the-top coverage that the New York blogosphere is foisting upon the...
Jun 26th
I get that they want to promote his current show, but,...
Jun 26th
Additional pimpage: This recent post has done surprisingly...
Jun 26th
This is a very kind mention, even if it does overstate the...
Jun 26th
I don't know how we got on the Zimbabwe...
but this photograph is profoundly upsetting.
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
Alex Pareene dropped out of college.
And look where he is now: day editor of Gawker and Mocker of Gen X! Former Gawker editor Choire...
Jun 25th
It’s a Prius, right?
Jun 25th
I have no doubt that there’s plenty in my inbox to...
Jun 25th
Take your pleasures where you can.
I’ll be out of the office for most of the afternoon, which is actually worse than it sounds....
Jun 24th
Anyone willing to answer an Internet poll is an imbecile,...
Jun 24th
Conbon writes: “Your message is spreading. I kept...
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
George Carlin
I hope Mike Barnicle can repurpose some of his encomiums for Tim Russert.
Jun 24th
In Case Of Actual Death
Jun 23rd
“It must be said that, although I was not, as far as I know,...”
— Renata Adler, from her...
— Renata Adler, from her...
Jun 23rd
This was actually the only bright spot...
For various extremely complicated reasons that we’ll get into in the near future, somehow...
Jun 23rd
Old man needs help.
For someone who makes his living on the Internet, I am remarkably techtarded and averse to change....
Jun 23rd
Headline of the Day: “Dwarf Accused Of Pimping Runaway...
Jun 23rd
This does not augur well for the rest of...
Guess what song is stuck in my head?
Jun 23rd
If you’re anything like me, the question that’s...
Jun 23rd
Hug Me While I Weep For I Weep For The...
This item is overly earnest, knee-jerk in its outrage, and fails to provide anything like...
Jun 23rd
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“We don’t call each other up anymore.”
Jun 23rd
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“I know you’ve heard it all before, so I don’t say it anymore” is one of the...
Jun 22nd
lialia:
(PS, for some reason, Tumblr is not letting me...
Jun 21st
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In this horrible age of abuse and decay, it’s good to know that somebody’s looking okay.
Jun 21st
That’s some Al Capone tax evasion shit right there.
...
Jun 20th
It's the role he was born to play.
“Pitka is called in by the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (Jessica Alba, who is to acting...
Jun 20th
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Jun 20th
Amateur hour.
It’s “a fish that makes you shit orange.” If you’re going to bite my style...
Jun 19th
Cho likes to mock me for being old.
CHO: the game is getting a tattoo of barack on his back CHO: *the game is a popular rapper BALK: I...
Jun 19th
Yeah, I'm still pretty happy.
Record: 67-15 Playoff record: 15-3 Result: Championship Bird was at his peak. The greatest team...
Jun 19th
This takes me back.
“The above blurry iPhone pic didn’t quite make it into Metromix’s recent review of...
Jun 19th
I ask myself that question every day.
COULD James Gandolfini have a mystical power over death?
Jun 19th
Jun 19th
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Always intense.
Jun 19th
This is exactly what Gawker is supposed...
Nice job, Pareene.
Jun 19th
God, and it's only June.
I blogged a few weeks back about a convicted criminal, Larry Sinclair, who’d been begging the...
Jun 19th
It's what he would have wanted.
Tim Russert was laid to rest today. While we reflect on his life and celebrate his legacy, I think...
Jun 18th
Annals of multitasking
“A City lawyer suing her former bosses for £19 million was using an alternative personality...
Jun 18th
She never really left here.
This is not a novel observation, but I’m consistently amazed at the way the brain works. In this...
Jun 18th
SO tempted.
Jun 18th
Legacies, con't.
From Gawker Media’s monthly editorial newsletter: GAWKER ON LANGUAGE, FOUL LANGUAGE From...
Jun 18th
Doree Is Turtle
Microfame is an ecosystem, a collection of fans who contribute and invest themselves in the brand...
Jun 18th
Guess what I just ordered!
Jun 18th
marklisanti:
After her birth, the piglet refused to join...
Jun 18th
Victory spew.
I promise that this won’t turn into a Celtics fansite, but give me a break, I’ve been...
Jun 18th
A pre-Finals prediction from my colleague David Choke.
Jun 18th
Jun 18th
Tommy Lee openly admits that he basically confused you two...
Jun 18th
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Jun 18th
Dear This Day,
I thought something might be up when I woke up extra early this morning with an ache that felt like...
Jun 17th
Not afraid to be servicey.
How to Get Gay-Married
Jun 17th
Jun 17th
Another hipster scumbag who thinks he's...
Q Ninety seconds, okay. Just one very quick — this is going to seem slightly flippant, but...
Jun 17th
Daily Exchange Rates
spiers: One (admittedly simplistic) barometer of economic health is how well the local currency...
Jun 17th
When one is tired of "writing" Only in...
“THE Tonys made me too tired to write an Only in New York. Talk to me tomorrow.”
Jun 17th
I think evidence for every argument—up to and including...
Jun 17th
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Jun 17th
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G’night.
Jun 17th
A large, hairy bear of a man, Rendell would enliven Washington in a way that nobody has in years. He...
Jun 16th
Famous blogging axiom.
Any week that starts with you writing about Denise Richards’ vagina is going to be a rough,...
Jun 16th
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Jesus Christ, if my dad somehow goes before I do I’m going to bawl like a fucking baby for...
Jun 16th
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Holy fuck, is this really from twenty years ago? I am old.
Jun 16th
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Jun 16th
“I seem to be stalking Alex Balk today. The best writing on...”
— Michael LeDuff
— Michael LeDuff
Jun 15th
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And now let’s all have a good laugh with this deleted scene from Talladega Nights!
Jun 15th
Okay? Are we done now?
A reader writes: “Actually calling someone a misogynist, without referring to any textual or other...
Jun 15th
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Jun 15th
If only.
Jun 15th
Pls keep me out of yr microfeud you...
If I can speak for the anonymous blogger who was TMFTML—and I think I can—I’m pretty sure he’d say...
Jun 14th
Fatherland
This got me teary. Your moisture may vary.
Jun 14th
Jun 14th
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Jun 14th
Sigh. This really will be my legacy, won’t it?
Jun 13th
Welcome to the age of the microfeud.
It always comes back to Renata Adler.
Jun 13th
Michael Ovitz, so much to answer for.
“Vern breaks down the man through bar fights, broken ribs and one-liners. This approach...
Jun 13th
I hear ya.
Jun 13th
Just plain folks.
From the article below: Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic Party, who says he was slow to pick...
Jun 13th
Um.
Jun 13th
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Jun 13th
Sweet Mother Of Christ This Has Been A...
So Cechin is on vacation for the week, which seemed like a fine idea at the time. Of course,...
Jun 12th
Susannah doesn't know that I'm actually...
On 6/12/08 1:11 PM, “Susannah Breslin” wrote: You have to appreciate an editor who...
Jun 12th
I woke up painfully early this morning.
I ain’t had none of your fancy book-learnin’, so there’s plenty of grammatical and...
Jun 12th
Because Jews love cheap! I sincerely admire the way the Post...
Jun 12th
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Jun 12th
"I've Grown Accustomed To Drawing Come...
Perez Hilton: The Musical. It warms my heart to see that folks are coming up with attention-hungry...
Jun 11th
“The news came in last Friday’s Washington Post, in...”
— Thomas Frank
— Thomas Frank
Jun 11th
The World's Worst Jobs, A Continuing...
#12: Media Matters intern
Jun 11th
This can't be good.
The dolphins that died after beaching in Cornwall had ingested debris and mud, leading one of the...
Jun 11th
“The smell of pussy lingers much more, and it’s...
Jun 11th
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Jun 11th
After a long absence...
I fought it, I really did. I tried to make Neel do this one, but he begged off. I guess there are...
Jun 10th
davidcho:
Hey stranger,
If you were stalking me via IM you probably won’t be able to do that...
Jun 10th
Lesbians, lesbians, lesbians!
I’m sorry, this is just hysterical.
Jun 10th
Jun 10th
Jun 10th
Hard sell.
What with all this heat I somehow forgot my obligatory Radar feature promotions. Stand by!
Jun 10th
I don't want to jinx it...
but they told us that the A/C would be working “within the hour.” And now I’m...
Jun 10th
What has two thumbs, likes blowjobs, and...
You think it would compromise my authority as a manager if I took my shoes off?
Jun 10th
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Jun 10th
OMFingG, Vinny Del Negro is still alive.
And may be the next Bulls coach!
Jun 10th
We've all seen how well dreaming of...
Who’s more annoying: the idealistic kids who think Barack Obama will bring us into a brave new world...
Jun 9th
If this guy can’t make a bike helmet look cool, no one...
Jun 9th
It’s not the bias, it’s the incompetence.
Jun 9th
The city so nice they named it twice,...
Never has the retarded T-shirt phrase “New York Fuckin’ City” been more...
Jun 9th
Media discovers viewer of "CBS Evening...
You also recently weathered another spate of piranha-like media speculation about Katie Couric’s...
Jun 9th
From the Finland Station
This is way too long for a blog post (especially now that Google has made us all stupid), but it’s a...
Jun 9th
Give me a fucking break.
If search volume is predictive of election results and the elections were held today, Obama would...
Jun 9th
Just happy to be here.
Some reflections on the Boston Celtics, who, it should be noted, could still very well lose these...
Jun 9th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 8th
Awww.
Ian Spiegelman, a former Gawker commenter who got a well-deserved promotion to weekend editor,...
Jun 7th
Well, if Google makes it so…
Jun 7th
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Jun 7th
No, thank YOU, Maggie. The pleasure was...
Dear Alex, I have been honored and privileged to work with so many dedicated people on...
Jun 6th
Choire Sicha, a journalist’s journalist, indicates...
Jun 6th
On The Scene
Neel stopped by last night’s Fashion Meets Finance event. Photography ensued.
Jun 6th
Attn Fellow Tumbltards
Has anyone else noticed that tumblr won’t accept handcoded HTML (you need to use the dashboard...
Jun 6th
We're all a little bit etc.
I don’t generally respond to misreadings of anything I post because a) the great thing about the...
Jun 6th
I'm a little worried about Hancock's...
I was flipping through the channels when I happened upon the Discovery Channel’s MythBusters...
Jun 6th
Also on Radar today: Choire Sicha tries to get himself...
Jun 6th
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Jun 6th
The Choice
I am a white male in his mid-thirties who makes a more than comfortable living doing something in...
Jun 6th
Reblogging this again because I’ve been looking at it...
Jun 6th
It is clearly going to be that kind of day.
Jun 5th
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What ever happened to this guy? Did he cure his condition, or was he forced to participate in other...
Jun 5th
Retard porn.
It could totally lose the last 15 or so seconds, but there’s something utterly captivating...
Jun 5th
You know, I actually used to be in favor of gay marriage,...
Jun 5th
I would have been much more reluctant to go forward with...
Jun 5th
kabby
Jun 5th
The old man down the road.
“Matthew: out of curiosity, how is No Age doing maura: 8,365 Yikes, 8,365? That’s what a...
Jun 5th
Open slot.
So now that Hillary’s out, what major female public figure is it acceptable for liberal men to...
Jun 5th
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Jun 5th
There are some times in this life
where you cry so hard, and for so long, and with a heretofore unsuspected passion and comprehension...
Jun 5th
We’ve got a gallery of poor Ed McMahon’s house...
Jun 4th
“This hair that he carelessly wore to his Beverly Hills...”
— I will have no greater...
— I will have no greater...
Jun 4th
The power of prophecy.
“Remember, you heard it here first. Next year at this time we’ll be up to our eyeballs...
Jun 4th
Nice gallery: When the Celtics were cool
Jun 4th
I Smell Esther Williams
Jun 4th
Job board.
As the Observer piece mentioned, we are in the process of hiring a couple of new reporters. If you...
Jun 4th
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Having been on the other side, I understand that this is exactly the way to play it: no one’s...
Jun 4th
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Somehow I’m not sick of this yet; it probably should be the song of the summer. Not that they...
Jun 4th
Jun 3rd
Say it with me, everyone:
“This fucking day.”
Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
The Fox and the Hedgehog
‘Every page is just sex, sex, sex,’ he yelled at me. ‘Why does it all have to be...
Jun 2nd
“We missed you so much! Now go get dressed,...
Jun 2nd
Around the office.
Until I get off my ass and find a replacement for Tyler we’re going to be pretty shorthanded...
Jun 2nd
(via milhouse)
Jun 2nd
Jun 2nd
I am so excited for 2012
when Salon discovers Twitter.
Jun 2nd
“No test will ever establish a direct link between an image...”
— Howard Jacobson
— Howard Jacobson
Jun 1st
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Jun 1st