10:07 p.m., San Francisco time: Photographing one of my two yellow bathtub ducks.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
What I'm doing right now
10:07 p.m., San Francisco time: Photographing one of my two yellow bathtub ducks.
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why? lol
ReplyDeleteAn oil painting would take too long.
ReplyDeleteIf your other "bathtub duck" is yellow, you better see a doctor, sonny. :)
ReplyDeleteRubber Ducky, you're the one!
ReplyDeleteYou make bath time lots of fun.
And, Rubber Ducky, I'm awfully fond of you!
Squeak! Squeak!
This is blog-worthy? Must be a slow news day.
ReplyDeleteThis is just as original as Jim reminding us that he is a HOMOSEXUAL living in SAN FRANCISCO.
ReplyDeleteMust be a slow day today as Jim has lost his audience after he screwed up and compromised this blog!
Bloggers,
Happy Thanksgiving! Now for the turkey...
You are all living in the past. I thoroughly enjoyed the post by Anon 2:38am and 2:58am. Beautiful.
Does anyone of the worn out journalists on this blog (including my friends in NJ) actually believe print will live beyond the 2010? Come on. Take a look at the writing on the wall.
1. The average age of a newspaper reader is, well, old 50+.
2. The individuals you need to attract to your newspapers are online with RSS and blogs (like Jim's), news aggregators, Facebook, etc.
3. Even the library is dead (how many times have you had to drive and pick up your child from the library? Rarely. Google is where they do their work).
4. Online websites (even our newspaper sites) are growing in audience and time spent. Online tells a better story.
5. Opposite of #4, print circulation is declining, advertising is declining, readership is declining, journalism is one dimensional.
6. Jim's blog is better online than it is in print. He couldn't afford to print this. Not at the paltry $5 you cheap bastards are sending him (btw, I have only sent him $10).
This list can go on, but I too want to enjoy Thanksgiving. You all need to reflect on what the future will and can be (we know it won't include newspapers). Why not write about it and actually do it. You all missed the boat on the internet.
Stop living in the past. Stop talking about what it was like in 1970's and the 80's. You were all so mighty and powerful telling people what they are going to read. Now, you are powerless and still clinging onto the past. It is sad to see such smart people be so delusional.
Please enjoy your Thanksgiving. I am glad I am not at the office today writing this as Jim has made this blog so un-enjoyable now that Corporate is looking at everything on our computers!!!
Sleepless in NJ (the real & original)
Bathtub ducks? That is just so gay!
ReplyDelete10:08... I would have to disagree with you on the library part of your argument. I'm a college student and I'm sure your under college level kids are allowed to use "Google" or "Wikipedia" to write a paper, but don't let them try that when they get to college or they'll flunk. Professors and High School Teachers who care won't take just any source from the internet, but want reliable research materials.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE... Jim, you're ducks are gorgeous.
Anon 10:32 AM
ReplyDelete"Community" college doesn't count.
Sleepless in NJ (the real & original)
Good heavens; can't my critics get anything right?
ReplyDeleteI am not A homosexual; I am AN homosexual.
10:08, have you been in a library lately?
ReplyDeletemy nearby branch in a middle-class neighborhood is busy most of the time.
kids come there for story hours and school projects.
teens come there for writing clubs and craft groups, as well as references for research papers. the amount and source(s) of online info allowed are limited because their teachers know all-online doesn't cut it for college. (btw, academic credits in our community colleges are fully transferable to our state's top-tier public universities.)
adults come there for classes, lectures and literacy/tutoring (giving or receiving).
all ages come there for cds, dvds, computer access, concerts and movies.
and, oh, yeah -- all ages come there for BOOKS, magazines and even newspapers.
shocking, i know, but true. if you can't say the same for your local library, your tax dollars aren't being very well spent. (and no, i'm not a librarian.) maybe one of your paper's reporters could look into that.
The print vs. online debate is so very very silly.
ReplyDeleteInformation is information, no matter how it is presented. How someone gets information is a personal choice.
Gannett and its employees would do so much better if they'd focus on reporting reliable, believeable news and simply respect the choices consumers make. Advertising dollars would follow, I think.
11:22am...Wake up those kids are dealing drugs and giving and receiving blow jobs in that library.
ReplyDeleteReading clubs are another name for drug clubs.
Clue-in!
1:58 WTF????
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