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So I was at the 2005 Time 100 party at the Time Warner Center tonight. I was there to do a short story on former Time coverboy Marine Cpl. Patrick Gravenese, whom Time had invited to the red-carpet bash. [update: my story] I wish I had some good stories about how I had buttonholed Craig […] I just added an addendum to my previous post about dropping out of marathons. The full sequence of photos from the shooting on Haifa Street […] Y’know … with all respect to all different runners out there — I really can’t imagine not finishing a marathon or any other race unless I was injured. You have to walk — you have to walk. So what? You grit it out. Yeah, it’s not “fun”, but you still get to have some pride […] Random Acts of Journalism: How to Be a Better Reporter via Blog. Panelists to include Lizzy Spears… I think I’m going to try to make it. I really think this is one of the most irresponsible, outrageous accounts I’ve ever read in a mainstream magazine. Former NYT photographer D. Gorton comes close to accusing an AP photographer of complicity with murder — based on — what? That he took the photos from an elevated position? That he missed the shot of […] From Howie Kurtz: The growing tide of personal attacks by bloggers and e-mailers “can make you really paranoid,” says New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney. ABC’s Linda Douglass says she has “learned that I have not just critics but people who seem to hate me that I don’t even know about.” “It’s very nasty […] “Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed as I’m sure all Yankee fans are by the lack of performance by our team,” Steinbrenner said in a statement issued immediately after the game. “It is unbelievable to me that the highest-paid team in baseball would start the season in such a deep funk. They are […] More LSD today … 49:33, 54:24 and 57:27 for each of the first 6.0273-mile loops, then a 16:03 for the last 1.7153-mile loop. That’s a pace of 8:13, 9:02, 9:32 and 9:21 minute-miles. Total distance of 19.7972 miles in 2:57:25, an 8:57.7 pace. I was sooo tired after my last long run of 22 […] A little over nine miles in the park this A.M. 49:24 for the first six-mile loop (8:11 pace), then 14:51 and 15:51 for two 1.7153-loops (8:39 and 9:09). Overall a 9.46-mile run at a 8:22 pace and a 174-avg. HR … a good hard run, for me, but wow I’m going to have to get […] As the Observer also notes, Dawn Eden started on the paper‘s copy desk this week, and I bumped into her for the first time this evening. (I had met Dawn twice or thrice before in 2003, when she was dating a friend of mine). Check out her popular “faith-friendly” blog. From the Observer.. Indeed, if winning the war has been hard on New York Times reporters, one could be forgiven for thinking their battle for the piece of ass has never been easier, that The Times bureau has turned into the sort of freewheeling scene depicted in the artillery-unit documentary Gunner Palace, with a more […] This column by the Times’ Nicholas Kristof echoes some of my own thinking, and thoughts in my previous post. [I]t’s not just right-wingers who distrust the media these days. … the one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on is that the news media are not trustworthy. I don’t see any easy solutions, but print, radio […] I was thinking a little more about Powerline and the whole Schiavo memo thing over the weekend. (I know, I know, this issue is almost dead, but still…) It was interesting to see how they continued to hammer the Washington Post even after making their own mistake. And after mulling it over, I do think […] Did the Harlem hill loop this A.M. 7:44, 7:29, 7:23. Last week I was 7:42, 7:59, 7:35. A lot of people are criticizing Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom for writing a fabricated column — and justly so. But Matt Welch says there was something even more obnoxious about that column: [W]hich is truly more offensive: getting caught post-writing a pre-write, or sitting on your moneyed throne telling teenagers that playing grab-ass […] Powerline appears to be backtracking a bit from its absurd and outrageous accusation that a Pulitzer-Prize winning AP photographer was guilty of “felony murder.” (My previous post on the subject) John Hinderaker casts blame on the AP’s own statements for his accusation. “[F]or the AP to express outrage that we thought there was collusion between […] What was one blogger’s excuse for inaccurately accusing the NYT of plagarism without even checking his facts? “I probably should’ve hand-checked this before I linked to it, but the standards are so low at the NYT these days that there was no reason to be suspicious.” Simply amazing. Hey Free Will — if “having a […] The average length of a baseball game is two hours, 55 minutes. Most long runs are around three hours. Coincidence? I don’t think so! I started in Central Park just after first pitch of the Yankees/Orioles game, which I was listening to on my little Coby pager-sized radio. Randy Johnson didn’t pitch well, but the […] Brooklyn blogger Beast will be running the Ironman Arizona on Saturday (today, really). You can follow his race online at Ironmanlive; he’s bib No. 992. It looks like he’ll need to be in the top 80 to meet his goal of qualifying for Hawaii. |
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