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BU Nighthawks Rejoice! Insomnia Cookies Is Coming To Campus!
The building next door to the hardteaching staff’s office at Boston University has a sign announcing that coming soon is Insomnia Cookies, which delivers fresh baked goods in the wee hours of the morning. Website: The hardteaching staff looks … Continue reading
Boston Editorial Cartoonists Enter WeinerWorld
Boston is blessed not only with two daily newspapers, but with two very talented editorial cartoonists: Dan Wasserman at the Boston Globe, and Jerry Holbert at the Boston Herald. (You can count on two hands the number of daily newspapers … Continue reading
Please, MLB: Ban A-Roid For Life
New York Yankees cancer Alex Rodriguez is engaged in another slapfight with the ballclub over his return to the mothership, detailed in this New York Times piece: Rodriguez and Yankees Clash Again Over His Status ARLINGTON, Tex. — No one … Continue reading
That’s Just So Sad! (Prince of Cambridge Edition)
It’s no use decrying the Babypalooza surrounding Kate ‘n’ Bill’s Blessed Event. (Links? Roll your own.) The corn is off the cob on that story. But we can certainly decry this full-page ad that appeared in Wednesday’s Boston Herald (and … Continue reading
Is Google Gmailing You Ads?
So it turns out Google’s not just reading your gmails, it’s sorting them too. Here’s the message Google has sent to all its Gmailers: Of course, lots of people are Gpissed about it, as Winston Ross’s piece in the Daily Beast noted . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Gmads, Gmail, Google, Matt Buchanan, Priority Inbox, Sneak ADtack, The Daily Beast, The New Yorker, Winston Ross
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Emile Griffith, R.I.P.
Legendary boxer Emile Griffith (85 victories, 24 losses, 2 draws, multiple championships) died this week at the age of 75. The cause was kidney failure and complications of dementia according to this New York Times Page One obituary (headline from print … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny "Kid" Paret, Emile Griffith, Madison Square Garden, maricon, New York Times, Norman Mailer, Ring of Fire
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MoDo Still Slumming At Whitey Bulger Trial
As the hardworking staff previously noted, New York Times Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd has been hanging out at the James “Whitey” Bulger trial and dispensing her trademark PoMoDo reactions to the proceedings. Wednesday’s installment: Gangsta Guilt Trip BOSTON — Even the … Continue reading
On Mayoral Race, Local Dailies Get Into Business Together
Well, the Boston mayoral candidates released their campaign finance reports for the second quarter and darned if the local dailies didn’t notice the same thing: No bucks yet from the big-bucks set. Boston Herald: Business elite wait for the herd … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston 1983 mayoral election, Boston 1993 mayoral election, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, David D'Alessandro, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jack Connors, Joe Fallon, John Fish, Joseph O'Donnell, Larry Lucchino, money primary, Robert Kraft, Ronald Druker
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Free The White House Correspondents Whatever!
The White House press corps has revolted against the Obama administration and it’s about time. From MediaBistro’s FishbowlDC: WHCA Throws Photos in Administration’s Face A small thing, but a loud gesture. The White House Correspondents’ Association is stripping all official … Continue reading
Embattled Detroit Gives The Birdy To America
Detroit is under siege. Bankruptcy! Ruin porn! Motorpocalypse! Yikes! But here’s a ray of hope, via a full-page ad in Tuesday’s New York Times. Body copy: Apparently they do know shit from Shinola in Detroit.
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Tagged bankruptcy, Detroit, Motorpocalypse, New York Times, ruin porn, Shinola, shit from Shinola, The Birdy
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