Occasionally I drag myself away from social networking sites and enter the dark, paneled walls of Linked In, the not-so-social networking site that paved the way for its predecessors. Linked In is like the older, nerdier cousin who shows up at the family reunion in Farah slacks and a bow tie, and talks about […]
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A TV Camera is in My Living Room
Wednesday 3:00 p.m. I will never make fun of anyone who screws up an on-camera interview again. Yes, that means Sarah Palin and the Miss Teen South “like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like” Carolina. If you’ve never looked into a camera and had that feeling that there were words […]
Picture Perfect
Last week’s Newsweek rocked. It was one of the best Newsweeks I’ve ever read. Lately I’ve been going through withdrawal from Newsweek reading, now that I don’t have to go to the orthodontist’s office anymore. In fact, I have no regular, standing appointments at offices with waiting rooms that have magazines in them. JiffyLube sucks. […]
The My Space Page That Decides a Presidency
Well, it was bound to happen sometime this decade. A My Space page is about to decide the fate of the country. The Republicans are keeping a stiff upper lip (many of them, like Cheney, can’t help it. What’s left of their upper lips is like cold wax) and trying to remain calm, but this […]