Glaring Omissions: Plaidtoosa, Ted's Pockets
Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (rarely) or design (almost always). Feel free to remark on these items' relative worthiness for coverage and/or relative stupidity. And, as ever, we're open to suggestions for future posts either via email or in the comments below.
• "atoosa rubenstein in an AWESOME plaid shirt (and crazy hair). i used to work at this school (sacred heart: fancy, almost-good all-girls school on the ues). apparently, atoosa came to talk to the staff of the school newspaper."
• "the online edition of argentina's largest-circulation daily features today this profile of cory kennedy. why???????? headline: 'Cory Kennedy, the new Paris Hilton?'"
• "I've been meaning to send this to you guys forever. A couple of months ago I got myspaced by these guys who are apparently looking for girlfriends in Manhattan by New Year's Eve. I don't think they've found any yet, so maybe you could help raise their profile in time."
- "The General Tso's Chicken at Ming's Restaurant (33rd &9th) is not chicken. In fact, its General Tso's Chicken-y seasoned/sauced SEA SCALLOPS (surrounded by pea-sized pieces of some mysterious fatty, spongy white meat.) The texture, the taste, the fishiness.. it's all there. I'd just spent all day in airports, flying back from Thanksgiving break, returned home to a fridge full of spoiled food, and was looking for ONE LAST BIT of greasy goodness before converting back to my usual NYC diet (cigarettes, diet coke)... "
- "Ludlow Gym - Why would you go after these guys? Celebrities I get. Dicks pushing obnoxious videos, ok. But two guys who look like they are trying hard to open a business?? Have any of you tried to open your own business? Construction delays, fucked up zoning laws, fucking bribes up the ass. And you have to wear 20 fuckin hats at the same time. I live down here and see the same two meatheads out every fucking day bustin a nut trying to raise enough cash to open, and the all powerful editors at Gawker decide they want to put them out of business? So fucking lame."
- "I just read the bit about John Wilson and his immigrant disapproving children's book, and noticed that the illustrator's name is Marina Tsesarskaya. This woman is obviously a Russian immigrant. There's just no way that she was born here with a name like that. Just thought it was kind of funny that this man has one of these so called 'weeds' illustrate his book for him."
- "Is it me or is Jay McInerney an older, drunker, more wrinkled, more depressed version of Kevin Connolly? KC must wake up in his racecar bed in a cold sweat every morning, knowing what he's headed for. I mean, that 4th pic in whatshername's full Flickr gallery is unreal... like Kevin Connolly multiplied by the dad from Wonder Years plus a bottle of vodka minus soothing Wonder Years voiceover."
- "My aunt used to be an anchor at CNN. She and my uncle are good friends with Ted Turner. Anderson [Cooper] is single and is very devoted to his career. He is very well respected. They do not discuss his sexuality because it has nothing to do with how well he does his job. As a side note, targeting him leaves him vulnerable to attack, not just abroad, but at home as well. How much do you want to harm him, and what consequences are you willing to face for doing that harm? Are your pockets as deep as Ted Turner's? Think about it."
- "I know I am not your target audience - am older and heaven forbid from Canada but this post was in very poor taste and worse, not funny. You guys need to grow up."
- Earlier: Poetry Is Wack