Welcome to my world, people
It's kind of a big day for us here at the Sun-Times, getting into the blogosphere and all. We would have come sooner, but, apparently, it is not actually possible to create a blog using a single five-year-old computer, a pack of gum and a piece of twine.
Having come a little late to the whole blog party -- as it happens, on the day my bosses asked me to do this, the Associated Press ran this story about senior citizen blogs, but I'm sure that was just a coincidence -- we're going to have to work hard at distinguishing ourselves.
I was thinking about maybe getting arrested, or picking a fight with Oprah, but those ideas, sadly, have been taken. (Though I do believe I could take Oprah in some sort of African orphan smack down, should it come to that.)
Anyway, because I'm totally lacking in blog-worthy publicity stunt ideas, we're just going to have to do this the old-fashioned way, offering up a topic or two each day and seeing where the conversation leads us. Given the incredible entertainment value of the letters and e-mails you people regularly send my way, I can't imagine this will be a problem. (Attention crazy single-spaced manual typewriter lady: I will personally subsidize Internet access for you so you can participate fully. Call me.)
I know this is probably hard to believe, if you see our front page on any sort of regular basis, but we do have rules around here. So your comments will have to be reviewed before they're posted on the blog. (Hints: Don't libel anyone, unless it's Conrad Black. Also, don't use words that would have to be bleeped out if this were broadcast television.) We don't have a big budget for hiring an entire blog staff, so the review process could take a little while, especially since the guy who's reading over my shoulder also has to answer the phones and shovel coal into the furnace.
If you want to make a comment solely for my amusement or edification (yes, I know the photo makes me look like I have enormous teeth), please feel free to e-mail, rather than post. Those comments won't be made public, but I might trot them out at the company Christmas party.
Comments
The piece of twine is technically not necessary. A piece of gum will do.
Posted by: Biff | December 1, 2005 12:32 AM
i really do not care if you approve this or not. the thing i do not get about Debra Pickett is basically, the whole idea. I mean, it is a goof, right? no one is really this shallow right? like on page 4 the paper is reporting about starvation in Africa and on the next page Debra is bragging about some panties she found on sale on michigan ave.. the next day the paper will report on some tornado that devastated 12 families in Kansas and she is talking about a great merlot that her and "the looser" is drinking.
it is all about trying to help people take their minds off reaslity, right? I mean no one is this shallow, right. i do not know how much of her image is real and how much is manufactured.
i do read about the first 3 paragraphs and then sit back and marvel at in 2005 this rich, selfish, shallow woman actually is putting her form of entertainment in a major newspaper. we all do what we have to do to make a living, and that is what she is doing.
try writing about real life at least once in awhile.
you might think no one wants to read about everyday living, it is boring. maybe you are right but most peoples heros are the mother that works AND raises a family. not some gimmick person that she interviews at breakfast. tell me about the joy that a mother feels when her daughter comes home with an A in math or the thrill the parents feel when Johnny makes the JV football team, or the warmth that a family feels when their kids come home from college and they discuss their love for one another.
tomorrow Debra will interview some idiot rich person that is inventing a new satin pillowcase.
you get my point.
i have NEVER read a more meaningless, more insignificant , piece of trash
is she really this stupid? is "the looser" really that much of an afterthought? my wife has a name. it is Dorothy. she is my hero. she is what america is based on, not this mindless female.
anyhow....do what you want with this.
have a nice day.
PICKETT replies:
I'm SO not rich.
Posted by: frank cademartori | December 3, 2005 12:32 PM
Frank,
Felt like "God Bless America" should have been playing in the background as I read your rambling diatribe (...the warmth that a family feels when their kids come home from college and they discuss their love for one another). Are you for real?
Isn't it ironic that Debra was headed to Africa to help an orphanage build up their income-generating activities (see entries on and after 12/5) as you gave your little speech? She even let Alice have the bed by the window. So quick to spew. The plank in your eye must be huge. By the way, loser is spelled with one "o."
Regards,
The Clever Inventor of Satin Pillow Cases
Posted by: Vic | December 6, 2005 11:54 PM
heard about you at buzzflash. you do good work. thanks
Posted by: Anonymous | December 12, 2005 05:41 AM
I stumbled upon this blog, somehow...and am enjoying...especially the rantings and ravings of the guy who has no clue what a blog, or a column, is for.
Posted by: Suburban Kvetch | May 29, 2006 06:57 PM