metaphors

I was talking with my dad today about the workplace and how the economy seems to be affecting things there. We're all feeling it, of course. I ride share as much as I can to get to and from, I bring my lunch/dinner from home (Yay, tuna fish sandwiches!), and I pretty much don't buy anything that the family doesn't need. Sadly, things just continue to get tighter.

In a Folio: report about actions of a recent board meeting of the media auditing organization, BPA Worldwide*, Bill Mickey notes BPA has started referring to “digital magazines” as “electronic editions.”

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Don't tell my husband, but I've been tempted to try all the Indy-themed candy that Mars has rolled out to pair with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

I saw the movie last night. I'm not sure what exactly was supposed to be evocative of:

It came out of me like the first puff of black soot coughed from the lawnmower the first time it’s started up every Spring.  A little dirtier than it should be but it came out and that’s better than expected.

That sketch of me to the right and down the page a bit is pretty unflattering. Unfortunately, it looks just like me. Still, the problem has to be solved one way or another, and while this may seem drastic, here’s the fix: I’m retiring from the Scene.

• Publisher tested the waters online, then dove In | NYTimes.com

While the "Rocky" metaphors get tiresome after a while, this video is pretty cool nonetheless...showing that perhaps even if Baracky loses on points in the Pennsylvania Primary, perhaps he'll go on to be the champ.

As usual, Chris Anderson is a voice of reason when he answers a question that implies magazines will be replaced in a decade or so by something digital that is distributed via a new device. Will it happen in a decade?

A few days ago, I noted that on a local radio show:

Throughout the whole bit (that I listened to, anyway), not one person called in in support of more gun control.