For some random reason, I decided to look at the Website of the first post-college daily newspaper I ever worked for and saw that a reporter I used to work with is retiring today.

To make it doubly bittersweet, he was in the line of reporters that "bumped" me from my job as a beat reporter during my first-ever experience with layoffs.

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Anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that ElJay is sinking below the waves?

Trying to get in for the past week has been a trip. (I know, I know...DDOS attacks galore, but still...)

Fort Knox is easier to get access to. Just sayin'.

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Happy New Year everyone! Here's the annual year-end United State of Pop from DJ Earworm.

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This makes me laugh like hell, because this is so, so, so Christmas Eve in my neck of the woods ( Read more... )

...whether Lorne Michaels has a picture of Someone Very High Up in the NBC Hierarchy having sex with an orangutang.

It's the only explanation I can come up with for NBC rootling Up All Night as a multi-cam sitcom.

My problem with Up All Night from the start was that it was basically Raising Hope, but with Rich People and their Rich People Problems (I ( Read more... )

Stay safe everyone.

Because this is going to be badAmazingly enough, I'm actually at work today. It's not too bad out, but we are keeping an eye on the weather and planning to go home early ( Read more... )

I'm sure this has already been posted all over DW and ElJay, but I can't resist adding another addition to the scroll.

I admit, there are times that Joss Whedon drives me positively nuts, because I have issues with his favorite tropes.

And then there are moments when I think he's kind of awesome.

Like now.

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Guys, Guys!

You have to read this story over on ONTD_POLITICAL, which is easily the BEST! STORY! EVER!

The nuts and bolts of this story?

• Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve. I repeat: Canada. Has. A. Strategic. Maple. Syrup. Reserve.
• The strategic maple syrup reserve was robbed.
• The maple syrup was smuggled out of the strategic reserve by hiding ( Read more... )

From Brian Moritz at Scholars & Rogues:

But things kept getting worse. The layoffs started, followed by the furloughs. Wondering every six months if you were still going to have a job was bad enough. Wondering every six months if you were still going to have a job while trying to figure out how to make ends meet when you lose a week of pay each ( Read more... )

From Brian Moritz at Scholars & Rogues:

But things kept getting worse. The layoffs started, followed by the furloughs. Wondering every six months if you were still going to have a job was bad enough. Wondering every six months if you were still going to have a job while trying to figure out how to make ends meet when you lose a week of pay each ( Read more... )