GopherLink! Mitzi (friend of this blog) started a news blog for my alma mater. It's brilliant! Check it out here.

Family Guy and the FCC

This clip came up in my Media Industries seminar the other day (which is conducted by a director in the Federal Communications Commission). Apparently, they got quite a laugh out of it. They were certainly calling out the FCC, not unlike the famed "Seven Dirty Words" by the late-George Carlin. Unlike the "Seven Dirty Words," Family Guy never actually showed or said that which they were forbidden (at least at an hour when they can get in trouble). But it was close.

As it should be. Cheers Family Guy!

Tales from DC: Quotable Student

Quote from breakfast this morning. My student noted that the first things she looks at in a guy are his teeth and his shoes.

Student: "My family always says I look at a man the same way a vet looks at a horse."

For her own "P"ersonal reflections (she has a thing about the letter "P"), read here.

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."

GopherLink! TIME wants to "Save Your Newspaper" by going to iTunes micropayments. E&P says go with subscriptions for a host of different news sites...

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...