Month: April 2004

Why the Doc shouldn’t gamble

From HST’s latest ESPN column. It was our old neighbor Omar, who still owes me $90,000 from a previous gambling disaster, which ended tragically in a long-ago bet involving his little sister and the New York Yankees and a rash…

We’re supposed to be entertaining?

George Kelly sent along this Boston Globe story revealing: … Hollywood is turning once again to the news business in search of laughs, drama, or just a story to tell. While O’Donnell hopes to finish a pilot for his show…

Editor’s blog for India news

Anthony D’Costa is the deputy managing editor with India Abroad, a weekly for people from India who live in the United States. His Danto News blog is just getting started so it has some rough edges, but he’s already taking…

On NYT’s anonymous source policy

Editors Weblog links to an interesting radio transcript of an interview with Allan M. Siegal, the NYTimes assistant managing editor and standards editor. People take advantage of news organizations, ours included, to float information without taking responsibility for it, and…

Doc’s out-the-window pix

Doc Searls posted a couple cool pix taken out the window of his plane back from the East Coast to LAX the other day. Twas his good fortune to fly over both the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. If your…

Blog me out to the ballgame

The San Francisco Giants play the Oakland Athletics in Oakland in June, and I’m hoping to get as many bloggers as possible to the game and to write about it on their blogs. The game I’ve chosen is at 1…

Another ’10 favorite novels’ list

Maud points to another fun collection. These are the 10 that had the greatest impact on my outlook on life. Also my favorites, because I’m in perpetual need of guidance. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison All the King’s Men by…

Smoking Gun indeed

Here’s the famous FBI memo warning the snoozers in D.C. that known associates of Osama Bin Laden were taking aviation classes in Arizona. I’d love to meet the morons who ignored this memo and pour hot coffee in their laps.

Back to Tokyo

It’s official: Sid (aka Winkie) is going back to Japan next month. The job is a step up in responsibility and will force me back into writing. I’ll do more of the editing I like to do (working closely with…