Where Are We Now?

So, making fun of the Daily News got me feeling all nostalgic, so I tried to track down some of the old gang who were there when I started this madness. Here's what I can find out:

First of all, the obvious. I'm still here.

MC Ganyez is still working at the Daily News. Last time I saw him, I kind of put my foot in my mouth by making fun of the stupid fast food reviews they were doing, which turned out to have been his idea. Oh well. They were stupid.

Razzles is now working public relations in Nashville.

Tollbooth Willie is shuffling papers in an office at Western.

Frantic1 is a sales rep for Yellow Book USA and lives in Nashville.

I can't find CC, and neither can Google, although I did find this Chicago-area realtor who has the same name (at least as far as I know she still does) and looks a little like her.

Same goes for KC. If the two of you happen to see this, drop me a line and let me know how the hell you're doing.

Getting Back to Our Roots

I haven't made fun of anybody for a while, and this week's Daily Snooze has some real gems. Here's a few:


First, we have this edition of Elderly People with Alicia. A taste of the <SARCASM>extremely strong</SARCASM> fragmented quotes with which this riveting piece is peppered:

“But I have never been seasick,” he wrote in the journal.
The next day he “was at the wheel when the sun came up.”

Then there's this lede from Burton Speakman, which manages to be both awkwardly phrased and redundant:

Many law enforcement officers throughout the area say that, compared to other times of the year, they respond to more family disturbances during the holidays.

Finally, there's this, which, at least according to the web site, is an entire story:

Students in Pamela Connally’s kindergarten class at Dishman-McGinnis Elementary School had a lesson on Tuesday about holidays, how people explored and settled America, and Indian cultures in the United States.

I'm awfully glad they're keeping us apprised of the goings-on in the city's kindergarten classrooms. Also, I'm pretty sure they mean Native American cultures, not those of Indian immigrants, but I could be wrong.