Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Page 1 Consider (01/13)

  • Snark Attack: I was more than willing to hear writer David Denby out on why "snark" -- particularly on the Internet -- was "mean, personal and ruining our conversation." Then I found out he was old and ugly and uses the word "classy" and I remembered his opinion didn't matter. (USAToday)

  • Not Ready for Prime Time Player: While being parodied on "Saturday Night Live" means you've officially arrived, some think Abbie Elliott's Rachel Maddow needs a serious makeover. (However, if what she was really going for was Drew Barrymore then I think she's got it down to a T.) (SoupCans)

  • So Luke and Laura: Even the woman who was raped by Roman Polanski three decades ago when she was 13 is speaking out against the Los Angeles County district attorney's office saying she is being victimized again by prosecutors' focus on lurid details of what happened to her. Samantha Geimer, 45, filed a legal declaration asking that the charge against Polanski be dismissed in the interest of saving her from further trauma as the case is publicized anew. (WashPost)

  • Obama Throws the Gays a Bone: I can hardly wait to see how the country reacts to having the man who single-handedly ripped the Episcopal church apart deliver the invocation at an inaugural event on Sunday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. (NYT)

  • Love Inoculation: The genetics of romance suggest that love potions, or love vaccines, could be on the horizon. (Wait, isn't Zoloft already the latter?) (NYT)

  • Isiah Thomas Must Be Proud: The former driver for Eddy Curry says the Knicks center took him for a ride, and threw some gay sexual harassment in for good measure: "In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court, the former driver, Dave Kuchinsky, claimed that Curry, the Knicks’ center, owed him $68,000 in back wages and another $25,000 for charges made on Kuchinsky’s credit card. In the suit, Kuchinsky also described two incidents in which he claimed Curry dropped his pants and made lewd and suggestive remarks." (NYT) (More at Outsports)

  • Greek Versatile: Whatever this tradition is all about, sign me up with the guy in red. (NYDN)

  • Tom and Gisele: Did the two most beautiful people in the world get engaged? It seems like it. Now time to pray for a honeymoon sex tape ... (NYDN)

  • Fashion Police: Fox ranked Jennifer Lopez as the worst dressed person at Sunday's Golden Globes. But what I want to know is how she got past security. (FoxNews)
  • 2 comments:

    Danny in WeHo said...

    They are celebrating because he found jesus!! ... at 52 feet below the surface.

    James said...

    You hate fatties. Now I find out you hate senior citizens who are ugly. Why do I come here to get insulted?

    :-)

    As for Demby, he does have a point beneath all of his hot air. But with that said, his "Great Books" made me not like him much.