Newspapers Are Dying, Newspapers Report

Posted by junger | May 1st, 2008

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The Onion

Dying Newspaper Trend Buys Nation's Newspapers Three More Weeks

WASHINGTON—A recent glut of feature stories on the death of the American newspaper has temporarily made the outmoded form of media appealing enough to stave off its inevitable demise for an additional 21 days, sources reported Monday. "People really seem to identify with these moving, 'end-of-an-era'-type pieces," Washington Post editor-in-chief Leonard Downie, Jr. said. "It's nice to see that the printed word is still, at least for now, the most powerful medium for reporting on the death of the printed word." Downie added that the poignant farewell Op-Ed he recently penned was so well received that he will be able to hold onto his job for up to six more days.

Party at Canseco's: BYO HGH

Posted by junger | March 5th, 2008

MIAMI—Former MLB star and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco extended an informal invitation Monday to over 500 current and former professional baseball players, requesting their presence at his house this coming weekend for his annual steroid party.

"Hey guys, big steroid bash at my place," Canseco said while handing out flyers at a Toronto Blue Jays spring training intrasquad game. "Nothing too fancy, just a bunch of guys, hanging out, taking steroids. Tell your friends."

The party is historically an extravagant affair, usually featuring women in bikinis carrying silver trays of various types of anabolic steroids, four VIP suites upstairs where guests can sample steroids from Canseco's personal collection, a giant 40-foot-tall ice syringe filled with Dianabol, oil paintings of steroids on the walls, a keg of steroids, a disco ball, and a punch bowl spiked with steroids.

The Onion News Network is Hysterical

Posted by junger | January 17th, 2008

How great would it be to work for The Onion? You make jokes all day, create hilarious videos, write ridiculous news stories, and just laugh.

The Onion News Network was easily the best new podcast of 2007 — if you haven't seen their videos before, check them out.

My favorite part is that they can find run-of-the-mill looking actors to play the totally stereotypical roles: the morning show host, the roundtable panelist, the pundit, and more.

I imagine the only place nearly as fun to work is over at CollegeHumor, where they are making some great indie video, like 24 From 1994 and Minesweeper: The Movie.

(RSS readers, click through to see the video.)

Is This the End of the Internet?

Posted by junger | July 18th, 2007