Just Don’t Try to Buy it in Manhattan
Target is taking over the New Yorker next week, buying all available ad space. But they don’t have any stores in Manhattan! New York Times’ Stuart Elliot wrote. “Many of Target’s special ads are aimed at New York City for reasons that include a desire to burnish the image of […]
Filling the Gas Tank with Plants
Every week I get an email from E magazine. Sometimes these folks cry hysterically, such as when they claimed that every baby in the world is born polluted on the inside. But often they have good news about alternative ways to do things. Roddy Scheer reports today: “Biofuels” such as […]
The Boston Herald: GoNOMAD In the News
Today we finally saw the first press mention as a result of the Associated Press story filed on Monday. The Boston Herald ran the short item in their “Take Offs” section, the story said in part…”Off the beaten path Far from the world of all-inclusive resorts, motorcoach tours, and standard […]
Howling at the Moon about Burning Man
Gadling is a highter tier blog, and Erik does a great job. Here is his howl to the moon about Burning Man, the famous fall desert extravaganza. “Yes, dear people, the official countdown has begun. The raggedy hordes are assembling, brightening their tattoos, oiling their dreadlocks, and buffing their bongs, […]
Who Is This Nut?
Abe Hirschfeld once attempted, in 1993, to run the New York Post for 16 days. Finally, a full-scale staff revolt published an entire issue trashing him, including a page 1 picture of Post founder Alexander Hamilton shedding a tear. The eccentric self-made millionaire, who died this week, was famous for […]
Some Things You Didn’t Know About Valerie Plame
Christopher Goffard of the St. Petersburg Times did some digging about the most famous CIA employee in the U.S. Outed CIA spy She married and soon divorced her college boyfriend. As a new recruit at the Farm, the CIA’s training facility, her skill with an AK-47 stunned classmates. She […]
Runaway Bride Mows the Lawn
Jennifer Wilbanks briefly spoke when the mower’s engine died in tall, wet grass. Daniel Yee of AP met her in Lawrenceville, GA. “I’m doing well,” said Wilbanks. “I need to get back to work. I don’t want to get into trouble,” she added. Her lawn mower then kept dying in […]