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Controversial Nude Sculpture Opens In Former Coalmine {Gadling}
Sep 10th 2012 3:57PM my kid can draw better than that
Carmie Elmore, Harlem Gas Station Owner, Fights NYC's Plan to Buy It for Development {AOL Real Estate}
Aug 24th 2012 12:00AM Sorry but Bloomberg is an independent and most recently prior to that, a repub.
Meet Rat Island's New Big Cheese {AOL Real Estate}
Oct 5th 2011 9:28AM In journalism the "correct wording" is whatever the style guide says. I doubt AOL's style guide (if they have one) goes beyond saying avoid the use of "sh1t". Not only does "poop" seem perfectly acceptable, it's also very clear in meaning. "Droppings" could mean shells, stones, and human garbage such as paper wrappings, styrofoam cups, etc.
We Do Lines: No, It's Not What You Think {AOL Small Business}
Apr 19th 2011 12:14PM 30 Years ago, back in the 1980's this MIGHT have been edgy. Now it's simply boring descriptive of what the company does. But remember, these guys are from CT, where standards for intelligence and creativity are low.
Charlie Sheen to CBS: 'We're at War' {PopEater}
Feb 28th 2011 12:27PM To the other responders:
It can be written as proofread, or proof read. Both are correct. In
the business we simply say proof.
The form proofread is more properly used to describe a proofreader.
The proofreader proof reads, is entirely acceptable.
Proofread is the popular usage. I think most style guides use
proofread, but most probably because proof read takes up more type
space.
What Truce? 'Glee' Slams Lohan Again and Dina Is 'Hurt and Shocked' {PopEater}
Feb 7th 2011 5:17PM Ah, yes. Katie, the failed serious journalist (and amazingly poor actor) taking swipes at people "beneath her."
An easy joke I guess. Poor writing can't be hidden by cheats like this.
Perhaps a better joke would have been "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" which has been in the bottom ratings since Couric arrived.
But that might have hit too close too home.
Well, with Couric OK'ing these lines it probably won't be long before we hear her making fun of deformities, mental disabilities, maybe even women.
I remember how horrified she was that (ordinary) people didn't have their maids replace their bath towels every time they're used.
This might be South Park humor, but South Park tries to be witty.
They should have kept it to the dog joke.
Passengers Stage Protest on Ryanair Flight {AOL Travel News}
Nov 17th 2010 10:36PM If you read the article carefully, their flight left 3 hours late, and the airport had closed.
Certainly the airline knew, leaving 3 hours late that they weren't going to be able to land at their destination.
But the airline said NOTHING to the passengers.
Why?
Because if you tell a passenger you can't get them to their destination, they will not get on that flight and demand then and there that the airline put them on a plane going where they were going, where their tickets were for.
It's a technical trick the airlines play, like getting all the passengers on board then pulling out on the tarmac for an 8 hour wait. Because you're on board yes, technically you lose your rights.
In America we've recognized that airlines need a little supervising, especially when they twist the law to their benefit.
Congrats to the passengers for making us aware of this problem. The next time the airline tries to screw its passengers they may think twice.
What Happens if You Decline a Full Body Scan? {AOL Travel News}
Nov 17th 2010 12:30PM Like it or not, whether for business or pleasure or medical reasons, air travel has become standard.
Some argue it's not a constitutional right to fly. It's also not a constitutional duty to get groped or have naked (digital) photos taken to be an American.
And we've no right to walk out our doors in the morning, so I assume we'll soon all be locked inside unless we "willingly" submit to these unnecessary measures.
This type of harassment was dealt with on our streets though, and police are no longer allowed to randomly stop and search people without cause.
Almost all the terrorists are on watch lists, and it wasn't for lack of groping and naked photos that they managed to "sneak" through security. Security was then, as now, asleep at the wheel.
Soon, some terrorist, on a watch list will sneak through security under an assumed name (while someone's uncle will be stopped for having a similar name), and set his clothes on fire while on board. Then what...?
Let's look at this rationally. If, IF, a terrorist sneaks through one of these "security" measures will the TSA stop using them? Of course not. They'll add yet some other toy to their bag (that we all pay for).
And can the TSA today, GUARANTEE that NO possible terrorist has gone through these security measures....?
If none has gone through, then it means none are flying.
Matt Lauer on Kanye West's 'Today' Show Interview: 'Nothing Improper About It' {PopEater}
Nov 11th 2010 4:33PM Sorry all, but in the middle of an interview they cut to a video.
Think about it.
Let's say you're in the middle of a conversation and while answering someone's question, they turn away, divide their attention between you and a video showing you doing something else.
Rude? Yes.
But we accept if from these TV a--holes, because they say they do it all the time...?
Well, then stop doing it!
Let the man apologize.
...And by the way they do things like this because they think we are too dumb to pay attention if they aren't flashing shining things in our eyes all the time.
Emergency in the Sky {AOL Travel News}
Oct 20th 2010 12:01AM If you've ever flown to Chicago you know the plane can circle for an hour before it lands...and then taxi for an additional half hour.
The flight had been running late and the pilot had just given the 20 minutes outside of Chicago announcement, when I got up and told an attendant that I might be having a stroke (I had become partially paralyzed).
Within 10 minutes we were at the gate with EMT's waiting.
The EMT's were clueless and suggested I might have a brain aneurysm, which could kill me if I went back up for the final leg of my flight. But the point is, they were clueless. It was obvious they were making wild guesses, as if they had no medical training (It was like getting a headache and the doctor saying maybe it's brain cancer).
So I figured, what the heck, I was on time again, I caught my connecting flight home.
The point of my story is, if you need to land fast and catch your next flight...
