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Dear Disney,

dietsch — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:58:05 +0000

Handsome though this beagle may be, he is not Underdog:

Also, you suck. Please stop sucking.

Walk the Line

dietsch — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:31:20 +0000

I’m skeptical about the film, but boy howdy, do I love this poster:

Wokka wokka

dietsch — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:30:30 +0000

I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.
I don’t have a lot of money, but I’m bringing ev’rything I made.
I’ve got a callus on my finger, and my shoulder’s hurting too.
I’m gonna eat them all up, just as soon as they turn blue.

Still Love At First Bite

Times finally notices

dietsch — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:26:23 +0000

The New York Times finally notices what I’ve harping on for a week:

While each paper has written things that might be considered unflattering about both Mr. O’Reilly and his accuser, The Post has tended to paint Ms. Mackris in a more negative light than The [Daily] News has.

…

Martin Dunn, deputy publisher and editorial director of The [Daily] News, suggested in an e-mail message on Friday that The Post might be pulling its punches because the News Corporation owns both The Post and Fox. (The News runs Mr. O’Reilly’s syndicated column on its editorial page.)

Have Papers Taken Sides on O’Reilly?

Ted Turner and the death of modern civilization

dietsch — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:24:13 +0000

Answer: Maybe it means that CNN sucks.

(Good picture choice, Page Six.)

Remake remake remake

dietsch — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:59:09 +0000

I don’t know what’s a worse idea: This one, or this one.

Blog, the magazine

dietsch — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 17:39:37 +0000

Hey, U! magazine is hiring, and although the CL description calls the publication a “reality magazine,” it sounds like a printed blog to me. Read on for the description, in case it runs off the CL site.

1st Reality Magazine…and we need YOUR help!!!!!!
Reply to: anon-35703585@craigslist.org
Date: 2004-07-07, 12:22PM EDT

http://www.heyumagazine.com We are a group of young people launching a National Reality Magazine and need 300,000 interested people to sign up for FREE copies by June 30, 2004. Please forward link to all your friends.

Hey, U! Magazine is a new magazine to be launched Fall 2004. It is a Reality Magazine that focuses on a group of 9 people. These nine people talk about who they are, what they are doing, where they are going…all relating to everyday life. For the month of June, they are allowing people to sign up to get a free advance copy without any further obligation. Go to http://www.heyumagazine.com to view the entire site and sign up to receive a free copy or go directly to http://www.heyumagazine.com/Subscription.htm to receive the free copy. A trip for two to St. Thomas, USVI, will be given away to two persons who sign up during the month of June 2004.

PLEASE LOG ON AND SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE PREVIEW COPY!!! http://www.heyumagazine.com

Interrotron

dietsch — Wed, 26 May 2004 18:19:30 +0000

Errol Morris, on his interview style:

“I put my face on the Teleprompter or, strictly speaking, my live video image. For the first time, I could be talking to someone, and they could be talking to me and at the same time looking directly into the lens of the camera. Now, there was no looking off slightly to the side. No more faux first person. This was the true first person.”

Movienet

[via Kottke]

Van Dyke reunion

dietsch — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:23:10 +0000

I used to watch the Dick Van Dyke show in reruns all the time, and I still think it’s among the best sitcoms. Now, reunion shows usually suck, but what I like about this idea is that it’s just an episode–presumably, just a single half-hour episode. One reason reunions normally suck is that they’re just overlong. You might be able to squeeze an hour, at most, out of even the best sitcom, but not two.

We’ll see how this works out. I’ll TiFaux it for sure.