November 2008
26 posts
does the NY Times still employ copy editors? →
Actual sentence published in today’s arts section story about Elvis: «The collaboration with Ms. Lewis, an indie siren, spurred him to make another album with his band, the Imposters, and her as guest, called “Momofuku,” after Momofuku Ando, the inventor of ramen.»
you showed him! →
«At a Wal-Mart store in Columbus, Ohio, Nikki Nicely, 19, jumped onto a man’s back and pounded his shoulders when he tried to take a 40-inch Samsung flat-screen television to which she had laid claim. “That’s my TV!” Ms. Nicely shouted. “That’s my TV!”
A police officer and security guard intervened, but not before Ms. Nicely took an elbow in the face. In the end, she was the one with the...
Much to my disappointment, I’ve learned that...
Angry emails of the week, holiday edition
“SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: Did you laugh at yourself the whole time you wrote this crappy article. The pants joke , the slipper joke you are ridiculous..
...
Today’s FReedy FRiday offering is...
Sorta but not very angry email of the week, with a...
In reference to this:
“SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: Larry,
On behalf of Pirates fans everywhere, let me just say, YOU SUCK!!! You haven’t brought to light any new problems that long suffering Pirates fans weren’t already aware of. You want to help? Advocate a change of ownership for the team, because that is what has gotten the...
Following their surprise August gig in...
LD reactions to the first song off a new...
Youngstown, 1995: “Low-grade Nebraska, likely to improve with full-band treatment.”
Where The Bands Are, 1998: “I can throw away my sped-up bootleg version of all these outtakes now. I am very pleased by this development. I will celebrate it by consuming vast quantities of domestically brewed beer with my camp friends.”
The Rising, 2002: “A full-throated E Street...
Fun with debt collectors →
You gotta love the request to return the drawings.
I have a whimsy-related headache so profound as to...
As I’ve started to encounter...
Angry email of the week
A few fresh ones just arrived. For a second there, I was beginning to think that I’m competent at my job. So much for trying to convey a compliment, eh?
« “SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: PHILADELPHIA THE WHOLE CITY
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: Hey dickface instead of trying to rip Philly about fucking Santa Claus and that scumbag drug addict Michael Irvin why...
It was either this or Chuck Berry’s...
thanks for askin'
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