 |
|||
 |
|||
 |
|||
| Blog | |||
|
|||
|
About Résumé Work |
|||
 |
|||
Topic: News & views
The Globe jumps the gun
For sale on Amazon.com: 19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots, by The Boston Globe. Guessing the Giants might quibble with that title. (via E&P)...Posted 2008.02.04, 01:47 PT
Daft patron? Don't blame the bartender
Quote of the week from NPR's Bob Garfield: "Editors are like bartenders, who must serve up what's ordered provided they know when to say, 'Sorry, bub, you've had enough.'" This explains why I like bars: They must remind me of...Posted 2007.02.27, 08:43 PT
Buffet: Print is dying
The Oracle of Omaha has spoken, and he minces no words in predicting the newspaper industry's declining fortunes. I hope newspaper owners will take this as yet another sign that they ought to be rapidly beefing up their websites (via...Posted 2006.05.26, 17:51 PT
| Comments (0)
Just posting for the sake of posting
OK, I'm tired of seeing that Katrina post at the top of my site. It's now five months later, and it seems life goes on. I've been back to New Orleans once, and I'll go again later this month. The...Posted 2006.02.03, 16:11 PT
| Comments (3)
Engulfed in sorrow
New Orleans, my hometown and one of the world's great cities, is drowning tonight as water fills it from the east and the west. A massive recovery operation is under way. If you have the means, consider making a donation...Posted 2005.08.31, 04:22 PT
| Comments (0)
And the unfortunate-choice-of-words award goes to...
Know what White House spokesman Trent Duffy said regarding those leaked photos of Saddam Hussein in his underwear? "The president has been briefed on the situation ..." and he "wants to get to the bottom of it immediately." (emphasis added)...Posted 2005.05.20, 20:58 PT
| Comments (0)
L.A. in a nutshell
Encyclopedia Britannica's entry on Los Angeles (subscription req'd.) contains this nugget: "...perhaps, no city in modern times has been so universally envied, imitated, ridiculed, and, because of what it may portend, feared."...Posted 2005.04.27, 07:17 PT
| Comments (0)
Advocating obesity?
The heroically-named Center for Consumer Freedom is running full-page ads in major U.S. newspapers lambasting the conventional wisdom that obesity is unhealthy. If this were, in fact, a group of consumers tired of being rebuked about their dietary habits, one...Posted 2005.04.26, 11:09 PT
| Comments (0)
'I hereby resign...'
Arianna Huffington and her webmonkeys have put together an interesting collection of historical resignation speeches and letters. Read Mikhail Gorbachev's. Then read Ginger Spice's....Posted 2005.04.24, 19:27 PT
| Comments (0)
Knitting to help tsunami victims
My former LAT colleague, photojournalist and knitting enthusiast Sedda Kreabs, has come up with a novel way to aid in the ongoing tsunami relief effort. She and her knitting group are selling 'string scrubbies' (knitted dishcloths) and donating $10 from...Posted 2005.02.24, 15:20 PT
| Comments (0)
Say it ain't so, Dave!
Humorist Dave Barry is apparently giving up his column, though he leaves open the possibility of returning to it in the future. "I want to stop before I join the horde of people who think I used to be funnier,"...Posted 2005.01.02, 22:07 PT
| Comments (0)
Dean sells out
Howard Dean, the media-darling-turned-loose-cannon poster child for grassroots civic involvement, is now shilling -- and yelling -- for Yahoo! Local (hear the radio ad). While it's not as lame as Bob Dole pitching Pfizer's little blue pill, I think it...Posted 2004.10.19, 12:01 PT
| Comments (0)
Louisiana: A model of civic virtue?
(I swore I wouldn't talk politics on this blog, and this is the only time I'm going to break my self-imposed restriction! Really.) Irritating Republicans and Democrats alike, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has thrown his weight behind a proposal for...Posted 2004.10.18, 23:29 PT
| Comments (0)
Florida: More to come?
Battered by four hurricanes this year, Florida -- home to much of my extended family -- now gives new meaning to the term "disaster area." FEMA has already called this the most costly clean-up in its history. But consider that...Posted 2004.09.28, 16:02 PT
| Comments (0)
The RNC in NYC: Problems afoot?
A group announces its intention of "shutting down" New York City on Sept. 1, in the middle of the Republican National Convention. This particular plot seems a little far-fetched, but I have a feeling we can expect more unrest in...Posted 2004.07.27, 16:43 PT
| Comments (0)
Bush vs. the umbrella
The latest hot photos making the rounds of the Net are not of Britney's new boy toy or Kobe Bryant's accuser. No, they are far more entertaining: Watch and be amused as our commander-in-chief struggles to tame an umbrella in...Posted 2004.06.04, 20:02 PT
| Comments (0)
End-of-semester frenzy
Well, I'm closing in fast on the end of my first semester at USC. I can tell you that it's been (and continues to be) a lot of work, but I'm really happy with how things are going here. I...Posted 2004.04.28, 21:08 PT
| Comments (0)
Beware the dreaded moiré
The reaction to President Bush's first prime-time press conference in more than a year? Muted. What people really felt strongly about? His tie. Yes, as E! Online reports, the president's dressers apparently failed to heed the advice I was given...Posted 2004.04.14, 20:30 PT
| Comments (0)
Why I'll never be famous
Watching Ben Affleck painfully mug his way through Jersey Girl (Kevin Smith fans, save your money), I figured out why I'll never be a celebrity: I don't want to work that hard. Seriously, you've got to work hard to be...Posted 2004.04.11, 23:08 PT
| Comments (0)
The non-entry
See? I knew this blogging thing would never work out. I'm just too busy (or lazy, or easily distracted) to post regularly. I would be asleep now, but they're filming this elaborate car chase sequence across the street (no kidding),...Posted 2004.03.31, 00:30 PT
| Comments (1)
One debate, two famous Larrys
I went to the Democratic presidential debate Thursday night at USC. I was one of the few lucky students to get a seat, since I'm in a politics class this semester. Larry King was the moderator. Before the broadcast began...Posted 2004.02.28, 13:36 PT
| Comments (0)
Germans hit the brakes
If you've always dreamed of accelerating your Benz to 200 km/h on one of Germany's autobahns (and doing it legally), you might want to start making your travel plans. Because, from the looks of it, the days of the speed...Posted 2004.02.28, 10:42 PT
| Comments (1)
Originality gap
A quick google on the phrase "credibility gap" yields about 32,000 results in the past three months, most frequently in reference to the president. (To be fair, though, the term is applied to the media in a few instances.) This...Posted 2004.02.18, 21:38 PT
| Comments (1)
California, here I come!
I'm starting the new year with a new adventure... Tomorrow (New Year's Day) I'll set out on a road trip to Los Angeles, where I'm entering grad school in communication management at USC's Annenberg School for Communication. If all goes...Posted 2003.12.31, 18:19 PT
| Comments (3)
A semi-smoggy day in L.A.
I traveled to Los Angeles last week to visit the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, where I am considering studying if I can't find a job soon. I'm so impressed with the school, I might even be willing to overlook that it's in L.A.Posted 2003.09.14, 17:20 PT
| Comments (0)
|
Topic index | ||
 |
|||
|
Browse blog entries by subject.
L.A. Stories (11) |
|||
|
|||
|
Search | ||
|
|||
|
|||
|
Tools | ||
|
|||
 Syndicate this
|
|||
|
|||