Drama at Overheard in New York

This arrived in my email box about 10 seconds ago… Drama on the blogs!
Dear Overheard contributor,
As you may have seen on Overheard in New York, I was informed this morning that I am no longer affiliated with the site. If you don’t know me, I’m the guy who edited the entries and wrote all the […]



Breaking: New EIC at Marie Claire

Marie Claire Magazine has named Joanna Coles as new Editor in Chief. Story here from WWD.
Will be interesting to see if they continue along the same "make up, fashion, fashion, stay thin, makeup, hair, fashion, I WAS TRAPPED IN A NIGERIAN FEMALE WORK CAMP - A TRUE STORY, makeup, style, beauty, sex, hair, makeup" path […]



Note to Celeb Publicists

Do not, under ANY circumstances, tell your clients that it’s OK to say "I’m going to eat my baby’s Placenta."
Because, well, that’s NEVER OK. Even if you ARE Tom Cruise, and it’s expected of you.
It’s STILL NOT OK.



Do you have a PR Cypres?

Any skydiver who has ever done anything more than a Tandem jump knows what a Cypres is. For the uninitiated, it’s an AAD. AAD (Not ADD, which I have, too) stands for Automatic Activation Device. You turn it on at the start of the day, and forget about it. It looks like this, when not […]



Could you pass 8th grade math?

Found this. Immediately got a fear in the pit of my stomach and got flashbacks to Mr. Hecker’s class, Mr. Kravitsky (my tutor) and other assorted hells that were math class.
Ironically, I got 9 of 10 correct here. Give it a shot, see how you do.

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct! […]



Good blog to add to your lists

If you pitch anything M/A, IPO, or VC/Angel related:
Deal Flow - A Business Week Blog



The problem with dance remixes…

This post primarily goes to FM, RW, and GG…

The problem with dance remixes, as I see it:
You’re in an abs class at New York Sports Club during lunch, and a REALLY good beat comes on. You really start getting into the class, working those obliques, pulling in those lower abs, really loving that burn that […]



Homeland Security: Press Conferences, and sex with minors

Because it’s not enough that Homeland Security is the brunt of all the TSA jokes, now they go and make it worse by having the HSA deputy press secretary get busted for soliciting sex from a minor online.
*Shakes head and sighs sadly.*



I’d give him a dollar on creativity and topic-worthiness alone

He’s (counting this one) been in at least three blogs already. If he was smart, he’d put a Paypal address on the bottom of the sign. I’m just sayin’.
Via A California Girl in Kansas



I’m sure THIS won’t result in a press release from the Commission to Protect our Children

Or whatever organization called me a "Scum-sucking bottom-feeder" last year on MSNBC when I was promoting an adult entertainment company…
Massive Street Wars Water Gun Assassination Game hits LA. Last person "alive" is declared winner.
Either way, it’s quite cool… I’d take part if it came to NYC. Or maybe I should just go to LA. Haven’t […]