GnewYorkTimes?

So check this out: John Ellis over at something called RealClearMarkets is all a-ponderin’ about a possible sale of the New York Times Company to those fast-mogulizing-former-upstarts-now-just-plain-barons over at Google. And though Ellis notes that he’s been told “by smart people who know the business that the Sulzbergers will never sell,” he still manages to [...]

I Was Gonna Write About Tom Brady But…

there’s this whole impending market crash thing to talk about. As traders count the minutes to the opening bell (1.5 as this is written), they’ve been treated to the predictable flush of media hype. Included in this onslaught were two pretty interesting takes on the American relationship to the global economy courtesy of the Washington [...]

A Report From the Trenches…

Today marks the unveiling of a new feature here at Um. GET EXCITED!
I will post it, as requested, verbatim, anonymously. And oh, the DBT is a toppable number; a sort of auction. With that in mind, ask yourself: Can I do better?
I want a lawyer, not a law student. In a different
country please. [...]

My Stats Are Flagging!

This is probably my own fault. You all want new content, right? And I haven’t really posted anything solid in, like, 3 days. I haven’t delivered. You’ve stopped stopping by. It’s cool, I understand.
But before you delete me from your feeds, you should know that I’ve heard you (you should definitely click on over to [...]

A Few Quickies…

Having concluded that “the public were ‘at ease’ with the idea,’” regulators over at the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have decided that it’s cool for scientists to “create human-animal embryos for research.” Um. YES?! The BBC says that the whole thing’s about extracting stem cells. Bunk, I say! It’s about creating a super [...]

And then there’s this

I’m procrastinating.
From the New York Times: “A Swedish bomb squad called out to disarm a suspicious package on Wednesday did not find a ticking bomb. But they did find a vibrating sex toy.“

C’mon Hasbro!

This is old news. But I’m gonna go with it cause A) I’m pissed and B) I’m still working on that paper.
For those of you looking for real-life news, I give you this, courtesy of Pierre.
More sweet-awesome commentary tomorrow, I promise.

This Town Needs a New Rock Critic…’Cause the Old One Got Pushed Out?

When Skull Kontrol first offered its take on the music journalist, I was happy to embrace it at face value. Yes, thought I, my angst a-flyin’, this town DOES need a new rock critic. The guy we’ve got is a hack, a has-been! He hates everything that’s good! ‘Course that was back when I thought [...]

New Clinic Record! Oh wait…

Some might call Clinic’s efforts a bit repetitive. And there’s some merit in that statement. Still, I find fully half of the band’s discography to be pretty darn good–its most recent offering being its best. So I was pretty stoked to hear that there’ll be some new (or at least relatively so) stuff for me [...]

Instant Blogability

So far, I’ve forced myself to at least finish sifting through my RSS feeds before deciding upon which subject I will use as a vehicle for my witty commentary. But this morning I couldn’t wait.
You might be wondering: Kanin, What breed of happening has you so pumped to write that you made it a grand [...]