Idiot Letters
Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by nostraboris in Politics
Aside from the several tone deaf complaints, I got some very cool responses from writers on my last post. One of them told me about a book called “Idiot Letters” which was inspired by the writer’s frustration with the humorless, and patronizing prose that corporations use to speak to their customers.
Thanks to Gary Wilson.
(By JILL [...]
Writers wanted, (no pay)
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by nostraboris in Satire
The Craigslist post was furious:
“You want to CHARGE writers for handing over their work and then CONSIDER giving them credit? Fuck. You. Please flag hacks like this who have no respect for writers or their work. They’re just looking to scam you out of a few bucks.”
It all started after I had placed a spoof [...]
Craigslist: What’s with the angry dudes?
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by nostraboris in Satire
With the good comes the bad. Torrent sites are stalked by pedophiles, and myspace is plagued by spammers. Craigslist seems to be haunted by another phenomenon: the enabling of one’s Inner Douchebag.
Having bought and sold stuff on the site for years, I am used to negotiating, and dealing with low-ballers. I have practiced the universal [...]
The Newspaper, that other Dinosaur
Posted on 21. Jan, 2009 by nostraboris in 24 hr Cable News BS
Some industries will use Obama’s presidency to appropriately medicate their Economical Dysfunction, others will panic, and over-indulge. The Print Media for instance, is running around with a boner lasting way past 4 hours, bound for the ER.
I’ll explain: the price of a newspaper was raised by 50%, right before the inauguration. Those like myself, that [...]
