Tales from DC: Quotable Boss

Two new quotes from a recent Reporting class. These are worth filing away for a long period of time.

On the subject of using search engines as a journalistic resource:

Boss: "I'm very thankful for Google. I'm glad God created it."
(This must have occurred on the secret 8th day of creation...)

On the subject of Deep Throat in "All the President's Men:"

Boss: "If you actually look at the news stories, Woodward and Bernstein used other sources for their coverage of Watergate. Deep Throat was added later for sex appeal."
(I've never thought of Deep Throat as being sexy...I need to be careful here to avoid a double intendre.)

Great Quote from "The Office"

Blogging about not blogging: Life is nuts. I haven't updated much this week because I'm just trying to keep my head above water. But here's a quote for the ages:

Michael Scott: "Guess what? I have flaws? What are they? Oh, I don't know. I sing in the shower, sometimes I spend too much time volunteering; occasionally I'll hit someone with my car. So sue me. No, don't sue me. That's the opposite of the point that I'm trying to make."

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GopherVideo

I don't understand most viral video fads. What makes a video funny? Is it the dramatic effects?

Someone needs to figure out the science of this...

100 Confessions: Networking

(32) I hate networking. I'm not good at meeting people, much less knowing when is the right time to hand out the business card (when to use the business card). On a related note, I can be lousy at making friends too.

100 Confessions: Dates

(31) Before I met my wife, I went on a very limited number of dates. And none of them went well. Case in point.

100 Confessions: Sleep II

(30) I stay awake at night sometimes and relive all the stupid things I've ever done. A good friend once told me this was a blessing and a curse. It means I care deeply about my influence on people, which is, I suppose, good. But it also means I care and thus get to kick myself for dumb things from years and YEARS ago. That makes this more problematic.

100 Confessions: Sleep

(29) I have nightmares about being mean to people for no apparent reason. I wake up thinking "oh my gosh, I can't believe I said that."
I'm convinced this is some sort of neuroses.

GopherLink! Joe the Plummer now giving advice to GOP? Didn't he learn from this? This world can't get any weirder...

Facebook in Real Life II

Facebook really is it's own world. When you try to understand how Facebook tools would work, it can become a bit problematic.

I noticed an odd thing in one of my grad classes last semester. A professor apologized to one of my colleagues on the first day for refusing a friend request. My first thought was "why would you even consider friending a professor?" But it's not uncommon apparently. In my position a study-abroad internship program, I think it's vital to friend my students to keep an eye on them.

But it's more of a struggle for most professors I think. If they choose to friend students, they may get a better sense of what their students are struggling with academically and have a better chance to help but they also risk having to much information about a students personal life. In school's with a behavioral code, knowing that kind of information can place you in some odd situations.

GopherLink! Tips for success as a video game bad guy. If only Bowser had seen this...