…there is nothing more sacrosanct, more vital to our intellectual and emotional well-being, than writing time. But we writers have a secret. We don’t spend much time writing.

The Truth About Writers (LA Times)
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Chiddy Bang - Kids (MGMT Remix). Totally digging this track.

I think it must be customary now for the keynote at the Correspondents’ Dinner to be a current or former Daily Show contributor. Hodgman, as usual, is quite witty.

American Express uses AJAX for their address change form. Too bad it totally failed.

American Express uses AJAX for their address change form. Too bad it totally failed.

News Sources

This article from a Harvard Journalism prof, “Iran: News Happens, But Fewer Journalists Are There to Report It”, goes on to say, “In a time of global engagement—economic, political, environmental, energy and health, to name a few—budget cuts at news organizations severely limit foreign news coverage.”

Yet, in the New York Times: “Jason Jones, a correspondent for “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” will be filing dispatches from a slightly less hospitable setting: Iran.”

The Daily Show really is out-doing traditional media. Fortunately Daily Show viewers, according to a Pew Research study, are the most knowledgable on current and international affairs.

A critical network upgrade must be performed to ensure continued operation of Twitter. In coordination with Twitter, our network host had planned this upgrade for tonight. However, our network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is currently playing as an important communication tool in Iran. Tonight’s planned maintenance has been rescheduled to tomorrow between 2-3p PST (1:30a in Iran).

Twitter Blog: Down Time Rescheduled — Who knew Twitter was so essential?

Perhaps you’re one of the many people eager to know more about me. The real me that I strive to keep hidden. If so, you can learn all you want simply by decoding the nonverbal and often unconscious messages I send. For instance, if you see me lift my eyebrows, it means I’m curious about something.

Read My Body Language by Ralph Gamelli (via TMN)