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A Monumental Media Monument To Joseph Anthony Welteroth, U.S. Navy
On Wednesday, July 4th, this full-page ad ran in the New York Times: Yesterday it ran – again as a full-page ad – in the Wall Street Journal. Did you catch that part at the bottom of the ad? Dedicated … Continue reading
Our Gala Women’s Olympic Boxing Edition!
Next month female athletes will get their first chance to fight for Olympic gold, but even before that, they’ve adopted some men’s boxing traditions according to Thursday’s Wall Street Journal. Moving On From Cappy’s Ring As Women’s Boxing Debuts at … Continue reading
Mitt Zigs, Scott Zags On Obamacare
If Mitt Romney (R-Jet Ski) and Scott Brown (R-Brewski) want their campaign messages to be in step, they’re doing a pretty poor job of keeping off one another’s toes. Start with Romney gunsel Eric-a-Sketch Fehrnstrom’s Monday comment on MSNBC (via … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric-a-Sketch Fehrnstrom, faux pas de deux, individual mandate, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, penalty, Scott Brown, tax
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Romney Olympics? Feh! Try Winning The Carroll Family Olympics
The news media are all atwitter (in the traditional sense) over the Romney Olympics, described by The Washington Post (which seemed to originate the coverage) this way: The Romney Olympics have long included a mini-triathlon of biking, swimming and running … Continue reading
VNRs = Vexing News Replacements
Or Vulpine News Replicas. Or, what they’re technically called, Video News Releases. Whatever you call them, whether they come from business, the government, religious institutions or academia, VNRs are simply Faux News (not to be confused with Fox Ne- . . … Continue reading
“Life Was His Sentence, And Life Is What He Got Back”
The hardworking staff has long believed that Charlie Crews – protagonist of NBC’s primetime drama Life that ran from 2007 to 2009 – is one of the great characters ever to hit the small screen. Played to perfection by Damian Lewis, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Crews, Damian Lewis, Life, NBC, Summer of Indolence
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Boston Globe: The Theater’s Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous Misfortune
Two weeks ago Boston Globe theater critic Don Aucoin submited this piece: Theater audiences are growing older Next time you’re in a theater in Boston – or down on the Cape, or out in the Berkshires, or on Broadway, or … Continue reading
Correction o’ the Day (Brooklyn Crab Legs Edition)
From the Sunday New York Times: The At the Table column in some editions last Sunday about Brooklyn Crab, in the Red Hook neighborhood, misstated the serving size of steamed King Crab legs that customers get for $48. It is 1 1/2 … Continue reading
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Tagged $48, Brooklyn Crab, correction, New York Times, Red Hook, steamed King Crab legs
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