Month: December 2004

Last night, we stayed late at the office in order to crash a party upstairs. We were finishing the new issue, too. Needless to say, we were thirsty. Someone here in the art department (always the hipsters at any magazine) had received an invitation to the WEA/ADA office holiday shindig up on the seventh floor.…

We were thrown into a mild fit of nostalgia today, courtesy of Slate magazine. In graciously quoting an article from The Rake written by Albert Eisele, Timothy Noah erroneously cited it as being from the current (December) issue of the magazine. We certainly don’t mind if Slate quotes us and makes us look smart and…

We were amused to see StarTribune.com, along with virtually every other online news outlet in the country, trot out the “Breaking News!” banner yesterday for the Scott Peterson trial, whatever that was. In an effort to string this along, first the big news was that the jury had reached a decision. Then, a few minutes…

We’ve carped a lot lately about that annoying person who claims that “the mainstream media” does not cover this story or that story. Our boilerplate response is that this person has simply not looked hard enough. (Hint: Most public libraries now provide free web access—when they are open.) As an afterthought, we often ask: What…

You might find this hard to believe, but we get writers around here who constantly want to use the F-word in their stories—and presumably in their lives. (My daughters call this the “F-swear,” which they’ve heard daddy say once or twice, I’m sorry to say. To which I have responded, “Do as I say… not,…

Today, the AP reports the tragic news that a person with a gun charged the stage at a rock concert and opened fire. Last night in Columbus, Ohio, Damageplan was one song into its first set when a man opened fire and killed three people before being shot and killed himself by police officers. Among…