November 25, 2009
Today's LOL moment
I love magazines. Some of the happiest moments of my life consisted simply of sitting in an airplane reading the Economist, lost in the big thick glossy parade of news and stories from everywhere, assembled with skill, and presented without a slime trail of ignorant comments at the end.
That's probably the most concise and hilarious description of online comment threads I'll ever read. Nailed it.
WTF?
As a ThunderJournalist who is not above hosting contextual ads on my site, I don't really have much of a critical leg to stand on when it comes to criticizing others who do so as well.
That said, a certain local daily newspaper has been sporting the following online ad:
I mean, GAHHHHHHH! Right? Grandpa's wearing a Speedo and flexing his geriatric man boobs to highlight his pace-maker. If I saw that ad appearing on this lowly ThunderJournal, I couldn't ban it fast enough.
NOTE: Posting the ad for the purposes of ridicule is not the same thing as hosting it as a paying advertisement. Just so we're clear here.
November 24, 2009
November 23, 2009
Extreme Liveblog Challenge
My Geode Twin (TM) Caroline and I will be conducting a joint liveblog session next week. In preparation for this momentous event, I'm asking you, the three remaining readers of this blog, to provide ideas about what we should liveblog about?
Should we dabble in a specific genre of pun? Is there a news item we need to ridicule? Should be go into depth about our bathroom proclivities? You name it, we'll liveblog about it to the best of our abilities.
We look forward to hearing from you. Please comment here or e-mail me. No suggestion will be dismissed unless it is.
