Entries from May 2006

May 26, 2006

Book review: The Big Bam — (by yours truly)

On Bookreporter.com

May 24, 2006

Out, damned Spot(bit).

See the post of 5/18.

May 24, 2006

Out, damned Spot(bit).

See the post of 5/18.

May 22, 2006

Mr. Pierzynski, meet Mr. Fist

AP Photo

May 22, 2006

Mr. Pierzynski, meet Mr. Fist

AP Photo

May 19, 2006

Book review: Game of Shadows

On Bookreporter.com

May 19, 2006

Run, Spot(bit), Run

There are some new aditions to Spotbit.com, including some foreign Web design and fashion magazines. I guess they’re not worried about losing the money.
The rest are sill “coming soon.” Promise.

May 19, 2006

Run, Spot(bit), Run

There are some new aditions to Spotbit.com, including some foreign Web design and fashion magazines. I guess they’re not worried about losing the money.
The rest are sill “coming soon.” Promise.

May 18, 2006

Dumb question #1

May 18, 2006

Dumb question #1

May 18, 2006

See Spot(bit) Run

There’s no such thing as a free lunch…or a free magazine evidently.
Earlier this week, an item on MediaBistro.com, a daily industry e-newsletter reported on Spotbit.com, a site that offers (offered?) free and complete e-versions of dozens of popular magazines in PDF formats. Among the periodicals are/were newsweeklies (Time, Newsweek, Macleans, and US News and [...]

May 18, 2006

See Spot(bit) Run

There’s no such thing as a free lunch…or a free magazine evidently.
Earlier this week, an item on MediaBistro.com, a daily industry e-newsletter reported on Spotbit.com, a site that offers (offered?) free and complete e-versions of dozens of popular magazines in PDF formats. Among the periodicals are/were newsweeklies (Time, Newsweek, Macleans, and US News and [...]

May 17, 2006

Book review: Burying the Black Sox

in the May/June 2006 issue of Foreword Magazine.

May 16, 2006

Sweet (?) Little Sixteen

A New York Times piece awhile back addressed the excesses of a rite-of-passage as exemplified by MTV’s program, My Super Sweet 16. Yes, MTV, whose thoughtful shows for adolescents include such educational gems as Tiara Girls, Date My Mom, Fresh Meat, and, of course, Beavis and Butthead.
Rich folks will spend the equivalent of the gross [...]

May 16, 2006

Sweet (?) Little Sixteen

A New York Times piece awhile back addressed the excesses of a rite-of-passage as exemplified by MTV’s program, My Super Sweet 16. Yes, MTV, whose thoughtful shows for adolescents include such educational gems as Tiara Girls, Date My Mom, Fresh Meat, and, of course, Beavis and Butthead.
Rich folks will spend the equivalent of the [...]