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Spotlight: My Favorite Television Columnist

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Troy Patterson of Slate.
But first, a caveat: I don’t own a television, and I only watch Cops and Intervention online.  I don’t give a shit about Mad Men.  I know, I know, it’s so bold.  I know.
Anyway, Patterson writes like I’d kill to write, and his recent focus on sleazy shows (Tila Tequila, Real Housewives [...]

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My New Job

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Announcement time: I am now an assistant editor with the Onion AV Club New York and Decider.com, the latter of which doesn’t exist yet in New York but will soon.  Obviously I’m very excited to even have a job in these tough, tough times, so that’s about all that needs to be said on that [...]

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Some Puff Pieces Are Good, But Some Suck

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Computer is broken, sitting in the shop like dead weight.  No posts.  But I had to be roused from my postless coma to mention how shitty the following NYT piece is.  Entitled “12 Year Old’s a Food Critic, and the Chef Loves It,” this is the worst piece of journalism for the entire month of [...]

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Tags: Dining · LAME · Man-hattan · Media