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September 28, 2005
More Blog Navel Gazing
Nick Denton and Gawker Media are still going strong. He even threw a party for Arianna Huffington.
I'm not sure why his company fascinates me so much, other than the obvious jealousy factor. Clearly I no longer have the time to post many times in a day, but still. I've always wondered what causes people to flock to certain sites. I'm not really interested in rivalling gossip columnists, but why are my cultural and political thoughts less noticed than the rest of the blogosphere?
In less personal navel gazing, here's a link to the NY Observer article on Denton by Tom Scocca.
In related news, the Wall Street Journal is now printing lies. Well, not their own lies. Just lies of bloggers. According to Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks, fugly stands for "frightfully ugly." We all know that is not the true f-word in that neologism.
So these chicks write about celebrity fashion blog using the same software I do. Except they're one of the most read blogs on the planet. www.gofugyourself.com.
I gotta admit - I'd get bored writing only snarky celebrity copy. So I do not want to diminish their success (including a show deal on E! and being the official MTV bloggers for the Academy Awards). Please, just admit what fugly stands for.
Posted by cj at September 28, 2005 07:36 AM
Comments
Oh come now. You have to hand it to them. It can't be easy to come up with new ways to bitch about someone several times a say every day. Now matter how easy a target many celebrities make themselves. I'd still run out after just a few days. They deserve some success simply for not descending into a stream of obscene insults for each post.
Still, I'd come and read you if that's what you felt like doing. And I bet you could think up some good snarky copy.
Posted by: theaardvark at October 13, 2005 06:15 AM