I hate the phrase “have to” as in “you have to watch this show” or “you have to find this funny.” A former co-worker would always respond to comments like that with a surly, “I don’t have to do anything.” I came to adopt that philosophy, if only to upset those who get personally wounded […]
Will Leitch, normally known for his snarkiness at the great sports blog Deadspin, has a great article about Twitter at New York Magazine, where he serves as a contributing editor. The piece really comes to no conclusions, but features some interesting observations about the site. I have had a Twitter account for a few months […]
I am a bad blog reader. Sure, I have a Google Reader page with my favorite blog feeds, but I get behind and just end up skimming. That especially happens with my favorite sports blogs because they just crank out so much material, I just end up reading headlines and looking at pics of pretty […]
I don’t know who to blame for not letting the Buzz Bissinger-Will Leitch “debate” die. Bissinger hasn’t shut up, trying to explain over and over again that his point still stands, but he shouldn’t have been such a dick. I say, if you have to be such a dick in the first place, it kind […]
First of all, the above video (H/T Awful Announcing) is not safe for kids or an open workplace. Lots of naughty, naughty language, most of it ironically coming from the guy who has jumped on his high horse about decency. That guy is Buzz Bissinger. He won the Pulitzer Prize for the book “Friday Night […]