February 2012
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January 2012
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What it looks like to have Refused tickets in your...
Me: REFUSED
Me: REFUSED
Me: RESUFED
Me: FREFD
ME: REFUSED
Shane Garland, my best friend: I KNOW
Me: That's the only way I can express myself.
Me: I HAVE TO WRITE FIVE STORIES
Me: I CAN'T THINK.
Shane: I am still shaking
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Portraits of Punk — Alex: Menswear blogger,... →
Click the link above for the first installment of my interview series, Portraits of Punk. The subject is Alex, who blogs about menswear and not giving a shit at A Fistful of Style.
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The moving targets of news
Me: "So, how many employees were laid off when you guys left town?"
PR lady: "We lost 8 percent of our total workforce when that location closed, but we were able to find jobs elsewhere for 39 percent of those laid off."
Me: "Ummm ... what's that in integers? "
PR lady: "We dont' disclose that information."
Me: "OK, well is your company profitable?"
PR Lady: "We grow every year."
Me: "OK, but are you profitable?"
PR Lady: "We service dozens of Fortune 5,000 companies." [yes, that's three zeroes]
Me, giving up: "Thanks for your time."
“Something happened in our press over the last 40 years or so that never got...”
– — Jay Rosen on that whole NY Times thing (via susie-c)
FJP: That whole NY Times thing.
(via futurejournalismproject)
“There is a hole in my heart dug deep by advertising and envy and a desire to see...”
– Mat Honan, Gizmodo, reporting on the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter. (via futurejournalismproject)
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December 2011
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Portraits of Punk, or Why I'm Starting a New... →
Hey #punks. If you want to be interviewed for my new project, hit me up. I’d love to talk with you.
Oh, and reblog widely, If you wouldn’t mind.
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Guys, the FBI says Juggalos are totally a gang
Did you guys know Juggalos are officially a gang, according to a 2011 FBI report? I came across this while working on a story for work. Seriously, check this out:
The Juggalos, a loosely-organized hybrid gang, are rapidly expanding into many US communities. Although recognized as a gang in only four states, many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity and...
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The best advice I've ever received.
Me: They have those lucky cats at the Asian market here. They just sit in the windows, waving their asses off, being adorable and mesmerizing. I think I want one.
Eryk, in Japan: You want a good story for the rest of your life? Next paycheck, just spend the entire thing on lucky cats. Don't even think about anything else. Live with the consequences for as long as you have to.
Me: This is the best advice I've ever received.
Eryk: Wisdom of the Orient, bro.
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Why I can't check tumblr at work:
Because my friends post too many “art” photos of nude people.
Sometimes I just wanna read about comic books in my downtime, guys.
#NotMad #JustSaying
November 2011
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Hacked
I actually have no idea how that sort of thing happens. But I’ve changed my password, and hope it won’t happen again.
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“Occupy Wall Street exists in a First Amendment space all its own. The protestors...”
– “Occupying the First Amendment” by Raymond Vasavari | SLATE
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Did Bloomberg do Occupy Wall Street a favor? →
Ezra Klein says Occupy Wall Street was going to have a hard time making it through the winter. As cold set in, he writes, all but the die-hards and the homeless would leave, prompting a media exodus. If someone died of hypothermia, the public opinion tide could turn. But …
Bloomberg spared them that fate. Zucotti Park wasn’t cleared by weather, or the insufficient commitment of protesters....
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October 2011
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Site of journalist dossiers hopes transparency... →
“The site may also test a new principle of online journalism, that transparency is the new objectivity. The notion is that journalists ought to stop pretending to be thoughtless, emotionless repeaters of attributed information, and instead act as real people who explain where they are coming from.”
I wholeheartedly support this idea, and agree that 20th century...
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Going native in Maine Veterans' Homes →
— Evan Carroll, a 28-year-old architect from Portland, spent nine days living the life of a patient at Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough. This was originally supposed to run in the Sept. 21 edition of The Forecaster, but due to space constraints was pushed back and pushed back until it was no longer timely. Now it’s on my blog.
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September 2011
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August 2011
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Where I talk about vampire genitalia
emlane:
riocarmine replied to your post: sirproperlydecapitated-podmore replied to your…
They skirted the issue in the American movie, but in the Swedish one there’s a lot of Eli saying things like “I’m not a girl.” You’re supposed to think it means, “I’m not a girl, I’m a vampire.” It really means “I’m not a girl, I’m a boy.”
I’ve only seen the Swedish version, and that is actually what I...
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Watchbilltrotter:
Just heard Space Gallery in Portland is hosting the What Cheer? Brigade on Sat., Sept. 10. Here’s a snippet of their appearance at the Machias Blueberry Festival a couple of years ago.
I saw them later that night at the Blackfly Ball, and have seen them a few times since. The show at SPACE is going to be awesome. I LOVE What Cheer?.
Calling MaineToday in Honduras →
Maine’s largest daily-newspaper group has outsourced its circulation customer-service work to Honduras, letting five Maine-based employees go, reassigning another, and allowing one to retire early.
100 Interviews: What's Left?: The last two months... →
Help Gaby finish 100 Interviews. If you know someone who fits any of the descriptions on the list, make it happen.
100interviews:
2. A Buddhist priest 8. Someone with my opposite political beliefs who has held public office 20. A zoologist 28. Someone who runs a rape crisis center 43. A doctor who performs abortions 55. A child prodigy under the age of 10 56. Someone who has had a lot of...
July 2011
12 posts
Not that funny
Me: Are you sleeping?
Michael: I'm taking an afternoon nap.
Me: It's 7:15 p.m.
Michael: Right. After noon.
lolz?
GUYS. Remember these things?
From Emily.
How many songs: 4,310
Sort by song title: First Song: “(A)” by mewithoutyou Last Song: ”-” by Isis
Sort by time: Shortest Song: ”Fuck Electrons” by Crucial Unit (0:04) Longest Song: ”Pastichio Medley” by Smashing Pumpkins (23:00)
Sort by artist: First Artist: A++ Last Artist: The Zombies
Sort by album: First Album:...
Google+ for Journalists — A Primer →
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“Social media has no understanding of anything aside from the connections between...”
– Paul Ford, “Facebook and the Epiphanator: An End to Endings?”
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“It turns out it has a lot of different facets, because while there’s many...”
– Biz Stone, speaking on “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” about how narcissism works for Twitter.
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Portland cryptozoologist featured in "100...
Oh man! Portland’s own Loren Coleman made Gaby Dunn’s “100 Interviews” series! I have so much Maine pride right now, because 100 Interviews is one of my favorite things on the internet in the last year. Dunn is great, and so is the International Cryptozoology Museum on Congress Street.
Read this! I’m going to do the same when I finish work today.
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