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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Tip o’ the Pinhead to Zippy (Talking Statues Edition)
Bill Griffith’s Zippy the Pinhead is the strip comics-lovers love not to understand. But yesterday’s installment didn’t tax the brain too much. We officially dub him Zippy the Eighth. Special bonus: That asterisk in the second panel leads to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Griffith, CNN, Isaac Newton, Queen Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, Talking Statues, Zippy the Eighth, Zippy the Pinhead
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Quote o’ the Day (Nelson Rockefeller/Thomas Aquinas Edition)
In his generally admiring Wall Street Journal review of Richard Norton Smith’s greatly admiring biography of Nelson Rockefeller, On His Own Terms, Robert K. Landers noted this in reference to Rockefeller’s “hidden trait [of] dyslexia”: His difficulty reading persuaded him … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘A Disappearing Number’ at Central Square Theater
Well the Missus and I trundled over to Central Square yesterday to catch the Catalyst Collaborative production of A Disappearing Number and, say, it was . . . swellish. From their website: In 1913 a clerk in rural India, Ramanujan, sends … Continue reading
On Second Thought, To Ello with Them
For several weeks now, the hardhoping staff has been yearning for a smile from Ello, the Mean Girl of Social Media. But . . . nothing. Then, this (via MediaPost): Interest in Ello Craters Well, that didn’t take long. The new … Continue reading
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Tagged Ello, Facebook, Mean Girl of Social Media, MediaPost, The Guardian, Twitter
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That’s Just So Mean! (Martha Chokeley Edition)
Massachusetts Attorney General and gubernatorial wannabe Martha Coakley just can’t escape her past (see: 2010 U.S. Senate special election). Thus – inevitably – this piece by Ben Schreckinger appeared in the latest edition of Politico Magazine. Martha Chokeley Is … Continue reading
NYT Slowbituary: David Greenglass, Ratted Out the Rosenbergs
From Page One of today’s New York Times: Interesting that Greenglass’s death went unreported for over three months. Mr. Greenglass died on July 1, a family member confirmed. He was 92. His family did not announce his death; The New … Continue reading
Google Thinks You’re a Foogle
At Google’s inception, founders Sergei Brin and Larry Page eschewed advertising, concerned that people would think financial interests might skew the search engine’s results. Now? Fuhggedaboudit. Via the Wall Street Journal (print edition headline): Deceptive Web Ads Draw Flak, Little … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Shaquille O’Neal Edition)
From Monday’s New York Times Correction Central: SPORTS A picture caption on Thursday with an article about the Shaq Summit, a daylong seminar about Shaquille O’Neal’s business ventures, misidentified the woman shown watching a presentation with O’Neal. She is Laticia … Continue reading
To Ello With Us, Part 2
As the hardwishing staff noted last week, we – along with countless other schlubs – petitioned the Prom Queen of Social Media for an invitation to join her posse. What we got back was this pat on the head. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ello, Prom Queen of Social Media, The Supremes, Vanilla Fudge, You Keep Me Hangin' On
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