January 2008
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We just got the call -- 7:30 tomorrow morning!
Filming “Zach and Miri”!
A blogger has an account of the shoot from last week.
INSTAPAPER is my new favorite.
The concept: Find a news story or Web site that you don’t have time to read right away? Your previous options were to bookmark it in your Web browser — which only stores the site on one computer — or add it to one of numerous “social bookmarking” sites like Delicious, Digg, etc., which have a lot of features you might not want to use, like letting other people see...
IAVA Issue Reports for Iraq Veterans [WRAMC]
Paul Reickhoff, exective director of the Iraq and Afgahistan Veterans of America (whom we met in Arlington in 2006), announced new proposal recommendations on veterans’ care to present to Congress. I also received an e-mail from IAVA today further outlining the five-part report: Today, I’m excited and proud to announce the release of IAVA’s most ambitious project to date: the...
International Delete Your MySpace Account Day →
Myspace backlash in 2008 continues.
NPR: Afghan Journalism Student Faces Death... →
Terrifying.
HubDub creates ‘fantasy league’ for news →
This sounds kind of fun. Hubdub is a startup news forecaster that allows users to track news stories, predict their outcomes and compete with other news junkies. In theory, this predicting process turns you from being a passive news consumer into an active news participant. Think a fantasy sports league for news. Although an Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) startup, the site will be targeted at US news...
'In Conflict' may head off-Broadway [WRAMC] →
In Conflict, which was adapted from Yvonne Latty’s 2006 book In Conflict: Iraq War Veterans Speak Out on Duty, Loss and the Fight to Stay Alive, is a collection of 17 monologues that relay, word-for-word, the first-hand accounts of Iraq War veterans.
Today I ordered the stuff for the Pittsburgh-250 commitment ceremony because, wow, that date is approaching fast.
The legend and lessons of Scarlett O'Hara
NPR is hosting a really interesting “In Character” series and blog right now allowing listeners to submit essays about their favorite fictional characters in films, television and literature. Yesterday’s program was fascinating, a piece about Scarlett O’Hara from the perspective of a Northern black woman. I’ve really been thinking hard about who I would choose. Jo...
"Soupman" comes to Pittsburgh
I’m looking forward to trying this. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― It first gained popularity from the television show “Seinfeld,” but now, Pittsburghers are finally getting a chance to try it. “The Original Soupman” opened its doors this afternoon in the Golden Triangle. It’s a spinoff of a New York City soup counter that was featured in an episode of the show in the...
Young working journalists often want advice and perspective from news veterans who understand much of what they’re going through. And let’s face it: news vets could certainly learn a thing or two from their much younger colleagues. SPJ’s Mentorship Match-up aims to promote great journalism by introducing journalists of different experience levels and similar interests. Participating journalists...
Morrison Endorses Obama for President -... →
Ms. Toni Morrison is endorsing Barack.
More reviews from Sundance for "The Mysteries of...
Most are poor or mediocre, which is really crummy because I really wanted (want?) to root for this movie and like it when it finally comes to *ahem* Pittsburgh. Buzzsugar: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is great. And then it’s terrible. And then it’s puzzling. Then it’s truthful. Then you go, “whaaaa?” And it ends and you’re like, “eh.” ScreenDaily:...
Walter Reed amputee gets top State of Union seat →
It’s a high point in the latest chapter of Kinard’s life. The 25-year-old is continuing his occupational and physical therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He’s still practicing walking short distances with the assistance of canes, and he has a new state-of-the-art knee joint. He also is working part time at the Pentagon and drives a Toyota 4Runner to and from the Metro...
These books will make you dumb.
LOL.
Yowza: American satellite to crash on Earth
WASHINGTON — A disabled American spy satellite is rapidly descending and is likely to plunge to Earth by late February or early March, posing a potential danger from its debris, officials said Saturday. Officials said that they had no control over the nonfunctioning satellite and that it was unknown where the debris might land.
Finally saw Juno this afternoon.
Chauncey W. Boots [R.I.P.] →
We are leaving in a bit to begin services to lay Tim’s grandfather to rest. This appeared yesterday in Ellwood City Ledger.Chauncey W. Boots, of Fombell, Pa., and Dade City, Fla., died Jan. 20, 2008, at the Shenango Presbyterian Senior Center in New Wilmington. Chauncey was born March 20, 1917, in the family homestead at Pleasant Hill to Harry N. and Elizabeth R. (Smith) Boots. He attended...
Saturation Coverage of Heath Ledger's Death [The... →
ThatNight.net up for a Bloggie Award →
Linked from theburghblog.com.
LOLCats [sociology]
moar funny pictures LOLCat book explains their cultural significance.
arriving to Pennsylvania.
I saw my first Obama ad last night. Primaries aren’t until April 22 here.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wants to hear you bitch...
The Post-Gazette is looking for people with college loan payments for an upcoming story. The student loan may have enabled you to get a better job or maybe it didn’t. Perhaps it was worth borrowing the money, or perhaps it wasn’t. You may have been able to pay it back quickly, or maybe you wonder if you’ll ever be able to pay it back. Repaying the loan may have shaped your career...
one-year politico anniversary
A year ago, I wrote a piece in my campus newspaper about Politico, which launched a year ago today. The site and other news media blogs observed the anniversary here, here and here.
NPR: Study: Transplant Patients Stop Rejection... →
Heard yesterday’s all things considered just in time for a story on new organ transplant-rejection drug treatments, citing the amazing Tom Starzl from the Thomas E. Starzl Tranplantation Institute.
Sundance reviews for "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh"...
They’re not very good. From the screening at Sundance: Los Angeles Times MTV Hollywood Reporter Village Voice
Nazi Camp Survivor Miles Lerman [R.I.P.] →
Helped found the Holocaust Memorial Museum, which affects me deeply and profoundly every visit no matter how many times I have been through it.
Sheila was released from the hospital today and is back home. Tomorrow Tim and I are going for haircuts and shopping for clothes for the services this weekend. We will pick up Tim’s new suit first thing Friday morning before we drive up. Some are staying at a B & B but that has already filled up as of this afternoon, so we’ll probably be getting a hotel room Friday night....
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Well, this will probably be corrected very soon but this is the official updated AP story on Heath Ledger’s death in which the writer mistakenly calls Michelle Williams his wife.
The irony here is macabre … Last week, an AP editor made headlines for admitting that his staff has on file an obituary for Britney Spears just in case she would die. This opened a mediabistro discussion over...
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Girl Scout earns every badge ever →
Someone earned all 104 badges. This would have been my dream when I was a Girl Scout — I sometimes even did the work in the workbook on my own to earn badges. How nerd is that. And her favorite GS cookies are Tagalongs. Mm!
Growing Up Online: PBS Frontline documentary... →
Discussing today’s cohort of teenagers who have been online since they were in kindergarten. Reminds me very much of the PBS Frontline special “Merchants of Cool” that aimed to describe my “millennial” generation — but I guess that aired long enough ago for me to feel removed from teenagers today. *gulp*
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
– The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
