Unthank you to all those who didn’t comment (aka everyone). I thought it was appropriate as self-appointed Brooklyn blogger with opinions, that we discuss the crisis of the new New York orange license plates. Apparently, somebody was drunk or high as they redesigned the already perfect plates to become a nasty neon orange, reminiscent of …Read More.
Read MoreI spend so much of my day sorting through spam and unsolicited pitches in my inbox that I almost don’t even bother reading them any more. And then this one caught my eye. I do not have need for a overseas freight carrier but I am posting the entire thing here, because if any of …Read More.
Read MorePart of my daily ritual here at Beaufort is reviewing the HAROs for the day. HARO, short for Help A Reporter Out, is basically a resource guide for anyone making queries for an article, blog, website, TV show, radio show, you get the gist. Or maybe you don’t. Say I’m a blogger. Say I want …Read More.
Read MoreIn honor of the fact that I just saw my Shakespeare professor on the F Train, let’s talk a little William. Last week I went to my downtown book club on The Tempest. We discussed the Renaissance Man and his insurpassable talents as a playwright that set up the remainder of the history of literature …Read More.
Read MoreDearest Fans, I apologize if you feel neglected in any way. Last Wednesday I was swamped with interny things to do to get the team at Beaufort over to London. Only one small problem…due to Icelandic volcanic ash, the entire city of London has been deemed a no-fly zone, so the trip was canceled. For …Read More.
Read MoreTime for me to fess up and admit that my little harangue on open-toe shoes may have been a bit premature and okay fine I’ll admit it, wrong. Last Wednesday the weather in NYC broke weather records and broke out some warranted summer clothing. It was H-O-T and F-U-N to see everyone so equally sweaty …Read More.
Read MoreEnter the iPad. Although upon its announcement I termed the iPad “temporarily irrelevant” to my family of tech-gurus, I think it’s important that upon it’s debut we discuss the iPad’s inherent revolutionary potentialities. If we follow the course of past iProducts, the iPad is surely something to keep two (maybe three) eyes out for. I …Read More.
Read MoreToday’s topic: Stephanie Meyer, the woman who brought us Edward and Jacob (and that other girl too), apparently writes books that aren’t about vegetarian vampires. The Host was published in 2008, and is currently in pre-pre-pre-production for the big screen. The Host is Meyer’s first adult novel, meaning it’s probably the same as Twilight with …Read More.
Read MoreAnswer: You don’t. In perhaps one of the most outstanding media affronts I have seen in my lifetime, Google (aka The UnBing, The Godly One, He Who Must Be Named) has decided to declare war on Chinese censorship. They have already begun rerouting content through Hong Kong. The Chinese have already begun mourning the loss …Read More.
Read MoreIf you don’t know who Nielsen is they’re basically the people who know everything. They know exactly how many people bought the first Harry Potter (a shmillion), how many people tuned in to watch Peyton Manning lose the Super Bowl (many millions), and how many people bought Heidi Montag’s solo album (like, 5, including her …Read More.
Read MoreLast Wednesday I participated in a book club on AJ Jacobs’ The Year of Living Biblically. If you’ve never read it, I highly recommend it, as it had me laughing out loud periodically. Jacobs is an experimental journalist who writes for Esquire, and in this book he goes on a year-long journey attempting to follow …Read More.
Read MoreI’m sure my presence was sorely missed. While those of you in the New York metropolitan area were weathering the storm, I was down south this weekend at my cousin’s destination wedding. It was awesome y’all. I arrived in Savannah, Georgia on Thursday afternoon on the smallest plane I ever flew on. After getting settled …Read More.
Read MoreI learn new things every day. Sometimes they really fascinate me, and I’m going to share an interesting one with you – maybe you can help me grapple with it. A former professor of mine writes Hollywood-bound screenplays, and is currently writing for a Disney movie that sounded very much like Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves …Read More.
Read MoreThe other night while watching TV, two strange things occured. The first, I was so entrenched in my Blackberry solitaire game that I did not fast forward through commercials of my Tivoed show. The second, there was a commercial for a book. In fact, I was so entrenched in my solitaire game that my mother, …Read More.
Read MoreForward movement in the NYC blogger’s bill of rights. A new law was just recently passed allowing bloggers to enter press conferences that have restricted public access. They can receive these press passes only if they have the necessary credentials (having done six reports on restricted events). While the article I read this from took …Read More.
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