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lists: a new year’s resolution

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

By Charley Daniels
Well, it’s that time of year when some of us start making a list of things we’re going to try for the first time, or do better, or quit doing entirely. The only problem with lists is that they’re so hard to follow. Like when I take a list to the grocery store, [...]

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collider vs. the trades

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

By Charley Daniels
About a month and a half ago Frosty at Collider.com posted an article about how the two major entertainment trades, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, were snubbing websites like Collider by not giving them credit for breaking stories first.
When will Variety and The Hollywood Reporter Credit Online Websites for Breaking a Story?
“Time and [...]

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‘Grand Theft Auto IV,’ ‘Iron Man’ search-optimize headline

Monday, May 5, 2008

By Charley Daniels
This week I partook of the sweet nectar that is “what everybody else is doing” (versus my usual activity of “mostly working and not much else”). Yes, I picked up a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV: Lord of Illusions and I went and saw Iron Man on opening weekend.
Iron Man made eleventy-billion-ten [...]

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internet sensation

Thursday, November 8, 2007

By Charley Daniels
Almost didn’t make it to this post, as the site was down for some reason for much of the day. Working on that. Could require some technical prowess and maybe even a bit of tinkering. But NaBloPoMo hasn’t defeated me yet! In fact, it’s inspired me.
It feels good to be inspired. Do you [...]

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news slice: ‘weird’ john mccain?

Friday, April 20, 2007

By Charley Daniels
Liberal blogs, pundits, and talking heads, in cooperation with the recently formed Society for Preservation of Beach Boys Song Lyrics, are foaming at the mouth over Republican Senator John McCain’s parody of the Beach Boys song “Barbara Ann” (video after the jump), in which he turned the words of the song into “Bomb [...]

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