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Showing posts with label Media Gawker. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Gawker: It Is Not Safe to Break Up in a Burger King Any More


It Is Not Safe to Break Up in a Burger King Any More

BY ADRIAN CHEN
November 8, 2011
Web developer Andy Boyle was hanging out in a Burger King when he overheard a married couple having an argument that "Aaron Sorkin couldn't write… any better." So he live-tweeted the whole thing, with extensive multimedia.
Check it out. It is an impressive piece of eavesdropping! And also a terrifying example of crowd-sourced surveillance. From now on, it's best to activate a portable cell phone scrambler to stymie any nearby Twitter users whenever you're going to have embarrassing personal conversations in public... http://gawker.com/5857507/it-is-not-safe-to-break-up-in-a-burger-king-any-more  

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The Restaurant of Broken Dreams

A study in marriage disintegration, with anthropological data collected in the field by Andy M. Boyle on Nov. 7, 2011. Location: A restaurant... http://gawker.com/5857507/it-is-not-safe-to-break-up-in-a-burger-king-any-more
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Thursday, July 08, 2010

The Neverending Death of the American Mall

The Neverending Death of the American Mall

http://gawker.com/5581346/the-neverending-death-of-the-american-mall?skyline=true&s=i

The Neverending Death of the American Mall









The death of the mall has been a meme long enough to have inspired aneponymous website, a documentary, and, with the onset of the recession, a slewof mall deathwatch trend stories. So...how much longer do these monstrosities have?

Well, we're happy to report that all indicators still show that the entire "mall" concept should collapse into rubble any day now! The latest figures, from the WSJ—first, the bad news, for malls: http://gawker.com/5581346/the-neverending-death-of-the-american-mall?skyline=true&s=i

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The New York Times and the Great Egg Fry Scandal


Hot town, summer in the city! As the mercury rises so does tension and desperation. Hungry for a story, the New York Times dispatched a reporter to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Fun, right? No! Blogs are crying foul.

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It's like the annoying uncle who micromanages a trip to the beach or draws up a careful itinerary that gets handed out as you bounder through the gates of the Magic Kingdom. Of course the Times would bring a stupid frying pan to its whimsical and embarrassingly dated funperiment. Otherwise egg might get on the sidewalk and they'd get in trouble! Oh New York Times, why even try anymore. Just roll over and die, because you are old and never fun anymore.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Sanford's Presser: Instant Classic Sanford del Presser: Clásico Instantáneo

Jueves, 25 de junio de 2009

Sanford's Presser: Instant Classic Sanford del Presser: Clásico Instantáneo



Mark Sanford's press conference. Did you watch that performance? Sanford marca la conferencia de prensa. ¿Te ha ver que el rendimiento? Wow. Wow. He just... Acaba ... he just kept going. que acaba de mantener. How did it compare to some classic political meltdowns of the past? ¿Cómo comparar a algunos políticos clásicos crisis de los últimos? Favorably! Favorablemente!

He was 24 minutes late to the podium and then he rambled, just straight-up rambled, apologizing to literally everyone he's ever met, talking about dinosaur sheets and "Adventure Trips," becoming tearful, and wasting a full ten minutes of rambling before finally admitted to cheating on his wife. Él fue de 24 minutos tarde a la tribuna y luego rambled, justo recto hasta rambled, pedir disculpas a todo el mundo está literalmente conocido, hablando de hojas y dinosaurios "aventura", convirtiéndose en lágrimas, y gastar un pleno de diez minutos antes de senderismo admitidos a engaño sobre su esposa. He cheated on his wife for a year with some friend from Argentina, and his wife has known for five months, and the affair just continued, while he worked on his marriage, and it was not until he disappeared on Fathers' Day (to spend "five days of my life crying") and the media caught wind that something might be up here that he decided it was time to apologize to his family and maybe stop the affair. Él engañó a su esposa durante un año con algún amigo de Argentina, y su esposa ha conocido durante cinco meses, y el asunto sólo continuó, mientras trabajaba en su matrimonio, y no fue hasta que desapareció en los Padres Día (para pasar "cinco días de mi vida llorando") y los medios de comunicación que capturan el viento podría ser algo aquí que decidió que era hora de pedir disculpas a su familia y, quizás, dejar el asunto.

It was a bravura live political meltdown. Se trata de un colapso político bravura vivir. Though it was dissimilar in tone, it was a cousin to Blago's classic presser. Aunque fue distinta en el tono, es un primo del clásico a Blago prensatelas. Not the first one, with the poetry, but the classic Friday afternoon performance about the children with cancer . No es la primera, con la poesía, pero el clásico el viernes por la tarde sobre el rendimiento de los niños con cáncer. Or maybe the one about cowboys? But while Blago filibusters and mugs and grins, Sanford just bared way, way too much of his soul. O quizás una sobre vaqueros? Pero mientras Blago filibusteros y tazas y sonríe, Sanford sólo se descubrió modo, demasiado de su alma.

It blew away Spitzer's one minute apology —He took questions! Se volaron un minuto Spitzer de la disculpa-Entiende preguntas! His wife was at home!—and Clinton's initial denial and eventual apology were, in comparison, boring. Su esposa estaba en casa! Clinton-y la denegación inicial y eventual disculpas fueron, en comparación, aburrido.

It was Terrell Owens-esque, actually . Se Terrell Owens-esque, en realidad. Sure, he could've blamed outside forces, like when Mark Foley's attorney blamed booze and priests . Claro, podría haber culpado fuerzas externas, como cuando el abogado de Mark Foley culpó alcohol y sacerdotes. But no. Pero no. He had no excuses. Él no tenía excusas. That made any sense. Que tuvo sentido.

It was reminiscent, especially with the wife's glaring absence, of the pre-9/11 Rudy Giuliani classic, "I am telling the press about my separation from my wife before I tell my wife." Se recuerda, especialmente con la notoria ausencia de la esposa, de la pre-9/11 Rudy Giuliani clásico, "Estoy diciendo la prensa acerca de mi separación de mi esposa antes de que yo le digo a mi esposa."

Sanford didn't have a single sound bite as classic as Nixon's "last press conference" (well, maybe "the biggest self of self is indeed self"), but it will provide us with many days of joy, until Tim Pawlenty's "I am addicted to meth" conference next month. Sanford no tiene una sola mordida como sonido clásico como Nixon "última conferencia de prensa" (bueno, tal vez "el mayor libre de la libre es, en efecto, libre"), pero nos dará muchos días de alegría, hasta que Tim Pawlenty "I soy adicto a la metanfetamina "conferencia el próximo mes.


Sanford's instant classic in full: Sanford del clásico en su totalidad:

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Sanford's Presser: Instant Classic

Sanford's Presser: Instant Classic


Mark Sanford's press conference. Did you watch that performance? Wow. He just... he just kept going. How did it compare to some classic political meltdowns of the past? Favorably!

He was 24 minutes late to the podium and then he rambled, just straight-up rambled, apologizing to literally everyone he's ever met, talking about dinosaur sheets and "Adventure Trips," becoming tearful, and wasting a full ten minutes of rambling before finally admitted to cheating on his wife. He cheated on his wife for a year with some friend from Argentina, and his wife has known for five months, and the affair just continued, while he worked on his marriage, and it was not until he disappeared on Fathers' Day (to spend "five days of my life crying") and the media caught wind that something might be up here that he decided it was time to apologize to his family and maybe stop the affair.

It was a bravura live political meltdown. Though it was dissimilar in tone, it was a cousin to Blago's classic presser. Not the first one, with the poetry, but the classic Friday afternoon performance about the children with cancer. Or maybe the one about cowboys? But while Blago filibusters and mugs and grins, Sanford just bared way, way too much of his soul.

It blew away Spitzer's one minute apology—He took questions! His wife was at home!—and Clinton's initial denial and eventual apology were, in comparison, boring.

It was Terrell Owens-esque, actually. Sure, he could've blamed outside forces, like when Mark Foley's attorney blamed booze and priests. But no. He had no excuses. That made any sense.

It was reminiscent, especially with the wife's glaring absence, of the pre-9/11 Rudy Giuliani classic, "I am telling the press about my separation from my wife before I tell my wife."

Sanford didn't have a single sound bite as classic as Nixon's "last press conference" (well, maybe "the biggest self of self is indeed self"), but it will provide us with many days of joy, until Tim Pawlenty's "I am addicted to meth" conference next month.


Sanford's instant classic in full: