December 2012
27 posts
Death to Amazeballs →
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My live Twitter Q&A with Playboy starts in an... →
I’d love for all of you to participate! You can tweet your questions to @Playboy and include the hashtag #AskPlayboyCQ.
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My Farewell Letter to the Readers of The Daily →
Dear Daily readers,
In November of 2010, I was tapped on the shoulder and told that a bold new experiment in journalism was in the works. Some impressive folks with deep pockets and brass balls were building a first-of-its-kind daily national news publication that would be available exclusively on the iPad.
They said they were looking for fresh voices and unique perspectives, and I was...
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“Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous...”
– Justine Bateman, hitting the nail on the head.
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Attenuation is the gradual loss in intensity of...
Los Angeles is a study in attenuation.
The sunset is attenuated as it pierces through the rush hour smog. Your cell phone signal is attenuated as it bounces up and through the canyons. Dreams are attenuated as they grind through the celebrity machine.
The process of attenuation is this city’s preferred method of chaos, because it is a delicate rhythm of scattering and absorption. Of all...
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After Lena Dunham's lawyer threatened to sue... →
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I just finished reading Lena Dunham's $3,700,000... →
I don’t know what I was expecting, but when publishers start throwing around Hillary Clinton money for a book proposal by a “rare literary talent,” I certainly expect more than this.
It’s not funny. It’s not insightful. It’s not the least bit entertaining. It’s just a tepid exercise in neurotic navel gazing by a privileged white girl from New York who...
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Karl Rove has been kicked off Fox News →
Lowering his profile is phase one. When he’s found dead in his sleep six months from now, just remember, it was a crack team of Republican ninjas sponsored by Koch Industries that did it.
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