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So from now on, [Michael Phelps] spends all his free time hanging around in strip joins. Talk about working on your breast stroke (rimshot)! (My five year old son is writing these jokes.)

David Letterman. (File as “Easy one-liners I didn’t think of, part 1781.”)

Great, now I won’t be able to stop thinking about this looming, vital question all weekend. THANKS A LOT STAR MAGAZINE.

I expect this kind of race-baiting from those guilt-ridden apologists at the Times. But not you, Wall Street Journal. NOT YOU.

Fuck. That’s good. (This is how I feel when I watch the Daily Show.)

This happened a couple of days ago, apparently. Or effectively months ago, one could argue. I was somewhat attached to “Manhattan Media News and Gossip” myself. And I don’t even live near Manhattan.

One year at Gawker

My unintentional application letter had typos, a correction and was dissed by commenters. But Blakeley and Denton liked it so I got lucky.

In other words, it was my next 12 months in a nutshell. Ha.

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Might not want to label any more of your coverage “Team Obama,” CNN. Unless you want to make it the “Fair and Balanced” of 2009. (via my Gawker post)

What I like about the Gawker style guide is the way it encourages perspective and cool-headed proportionality.

Epic fail, Getty. Epic fail.

Gawker doesn’t know if it’s true. They just think it is, so they’re writing about it, without any actual reporting.

–Chris Rovzar, author,Top 5 Fake Lesbians Of 2008