Haven’t done this since January so it’s time to point out all the good, friendly people who link to these friendly environs. PJ Net — Blog of the Public Journalism Network. Shake the Cat — “pardon me, but there’s a…
Author: tom
Damn these danglers to hell
How to identify a dangling modifier: Held at the Dupont Circle town house of Peter Bergen, the CNN terrorism expert, the party’s heavily mediacentric guest list included Michael Isikoff of Newsweek; a former Clinton mouthpiece, Joe Lockhart; the political blogger…
Follicle follies
Side Salad points to a wonderful pageful of famous examples of Major League facial hair.
Don’t burn the flag: Wash it
Sheila Lennon links to an example of peaceniks getting smart. Burning the flag makes the flag-wavers foam at the mouth but how on earth could they object to people cleansing it?
This is a hoot
A skateboarding bulldog. Be sure to check out the video (in Windows Media format). Link via Susan Mernit
Iceberg journalism
How many of us are guilty of covering only the tips?
Gandhi v. Osama
Danto sent along a link to somebody’ s idea of how a debate between Osama bin Ladin and Mahatma Gandhi might shape up. Bit of a long read but worth the trouble; set aside some time and check it out.
Macworld editors’ blog
Just found this one: a group blog by the editors of Macworld magazine. Fun highlight: wireless blogging at SBC Park … which is legal so long as you don’t mention the ballgame.
Good thing there’s no WiFi
at the Oakland Coliseum
I checked the fine print on the stub to my last A’s game ticket. Here’s what it says: The holder is admitted on condition and by use of the ticket agrees, a) He or she shall not transmit or aid…
Houston Chron blog
So last month the editor of the Houston Chronicle sits in on my blogging talk at the ACES conference, and this month the Chron has a spanking new culture blog by Kyrie O’Connor, assistant managing editor for features. It’s called…