Five Reasons To Love The Blogosphere

Among other things, today marks Scribblista's first anniversary. [Ironic that this should be a paper anniversary.]

The fact that we wrote our first post on 9/11 is just a coincidence. This blog's real origins lie in our anger and frustration over the events that unfolded during Hurricane Katrina. The upshot was that we suddenly dialed into a phenomenon that the mainstream media dubbed "citizen journalism."

And then, we plunged head first into the e-mud bath known as the blogosphere. Here are five reasons why we like it here:

1. Breaking news on Suri Cruise
2. Complete coverage of celebrity nip slips
3. Snarkiness triumphs over facts, fairness and all the news that is fit to print 
4. We get our own soapbox from which to tell CNN that their bizarre and self-important decision to replay their news coverage of 9/11 really sucks. [Note to CNN producers: It ain't news if it's a re-run.]
5. Our attention span -- previously about as long as gnat's -- is even shor... Oh, and did we mention that the blogosphere is  our new office.

Comments

[Met]

As someone who considers himself a friend to the Japanese-American community (I eat a lot of sushi) I am horrified on your use of the phrase 'nip slips'.

Please join me in erasing the phrases 'nip in the air' and 'Cheese nip' from the vernacular.

But don't stop eating Cheese nips: they're tasty.

[Scribblista]

I too eat a lot of sushi. But I am unwilling to nip a lovely phrase like "nip slip" in the bud. Same goes for Jack Frost, when he comes nipping at my nose.

[RJWata]

As a cracker-jap (Japanese-American) I must say I am confused about the words "nip slip." Are you talking about something a Japanese might wear under her kimono? Or is it something a Japanese businessman might do when walking on an icy sidewalk? Or is it like a sushi lover ordering uni when she really wants maguro (i.e., akin to a Freudian slip)?

[Scribblista]

A nip slip is something a Japanese woman might inadvertantly wear OUTSIDE of her kimono!

Though you have a point about the Japanese business man....

[Greg]

Where o' where did the updates of the Scribblista blog go?