Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Jim Schinneller did not request to run a photo of the back of his head with his death notice in Sunday’s paper. But he was asking for it, his son said, after a lifetime of making people laugh and challenging them to rethink what’s normal.”

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Hi, I’m Maureen! I’m 54, have red hair, and I don’t believe men are necessary these days. However, I’m willing to give them a second chance!

Likes: Shopping with Michi & Alessandra!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (They’re single and looking TOO!!!!) Michi: BEST FRIEND FOREVER!

Pet peeves: George Bush, nuanced political arguments, Judy Miller, and those pesky copy editors who want to change my brilliant words. How dare they!

Seeking like-minded columnist for long walks on the beach, bitter polemics, and new nicknames for White House figures. Your pic gets mine!

(via Books Inq.)

The Artist Only Known as Condalmo takes a cue from the Grossman interview. There are earth-shattering revelations! Earth-shattering!

In an effort to bridge the gap between print and online media, I’ve decided to put together a lengthy white paper. I’ll be presenting this at a forthcoming journalism conference that shall, for the moment, remain unnamed. I’ve assembled the following preliminary sources for my work. If anyone has any additional sources that might prove useful, I would greatly appreciate it!

Aikman, Troy. Once a Cowboy, Always a Cowboy. New York: Viking, 2005.

Bitchslapping Society of America. Current U.S. Bitchslapping Trends: 1990-2000. Peoria, IL: BSA Press, 2001.

—. A Guide to Bitchslapping: Being Humiliated While Keeping Your Dignity. Peoria, IL: BSA Press, 1994.

Brooks, David. Something Liberal to Bitch About: The Complete New York Times Columns Volume 1. New York: Random House, 2006.

Champion, Edward. “The Columnist Who Loathed Me.” Harper’s, November 2006, p. 32.

Freeman, John. “I’ve Had Enough of These Damn Bloggers,” Cleveland Plain-Dealer, October 4, 2006, B2.

Miller, Laura. Not Just a Salon Book Reviewer. Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, 2006.

Terrier, Jack. Pardon Me, Would You Happen to Have a Grey Soupcon? Communicating with the Opposition. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2003.

Wigglebottom, Patricia, Room for More Cream, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994.

Stephen Elliott: “This is an erotica reading, in a sex shop. You can buy books and lubes and things you may or may not want to admit to using. Everybody is planning on reading something very graphic. This may or may not be your cup of tea. I hope that doesn’t scare you off. It’s going to be fun. In addition to erotic stories there’ll be beer and cookies.”

So let me get this straight. One should be tantalized by attending an erotica reading and buying lubes, only to be intimidated by people “reading something very graphic” (in my experience, and I’ve attended a lot of shows and a lot of readings, 95% of all shock art usually amounts to loutish and soulless performance art). One should be thrown off guard, but not scared off. Oh, and there’s beer and cookies for potential converts.

This sounds like an event organized by a man incapable of making up his mind. Either an event along these lines is intended to be brash and/or unapologetically sex-positive or it’s toned down a bit to invite a curious mainstream crowd.

[NOTE: Since there has apparently been some misunderstanding, the post title is a deliberate misspelling, a reference to a grammatical flub uttered by Bush in the first Bush-Kerry 2004 presidential debate.]