As a big fan of non-fiction writing across all genres, from
John McPhee's takes on feats of civil engineering to
Paul Theroux's travelogues, a good biography on a notable historical figure is hard to beat. A recent article in the
New Yorker reviewed new biographies of four titans of 20th century media, starting with treatments on William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer's rival tabloid dailies in New York, then examining how Barney
One of my longest running internal debates is whether or not I'm gay.
I actually didn't write that, one of my colleagues did while I was on break. I decided to leave it in for the manifold enjoyments it might offer our readers; in that my bit of it remains a nicely turned phrase, it's a unique look into the working conditions I deal with here at Barking Carnival, and it's also a not so subtle
Faithful readers of and irritated visitors to this site are quite familiar with the New York Times - Thayer Evans - Jamarkus McFarland Family ménage à trois of hilarity. For a recap of the situation, please
brush-up here.
Today I came across
this offering from the Grey Lady - Internets division. Scroll down to the section entitled
The Wild Party.
A few choice items:
On Dec. 26, Thayer Evans, a Houston-based freelancer...
Thayer - Looks
In case you missed it, the
NYT wrote a comical hit piece about the goings on in the Jamarkus McFarland recruitment. Among the more asinine things written, were descriptions of Texas offering drug parties and interest free loans to JM in an effort to pry him away from the "little engine that could" personifying Oklahoma Sooner recruiting. I mean fuck, if a school can't offer auto-pilot grades, salaries for no work,