Archive for May 29th, 2008

Call it the award-winning person of interest »

By William M. Hartnett on May 29, 2008 in newspapers, whinging | 0 Comments

Just getting this on the record: I still personally hate anyone who has ever used a “Call it a/the case of …” lede (including, unless I’m very much mistaken, myself many years ago in a weak and foolish moment). Also, “person of interest” is a stupidly meaningless and especially annoying example of cop talk that [...]

There is something wrong with us, we have stats to prove it »

By William M. Hartnett on May 29, 2008 in oddities | 2 Comments

By “us” I mean Floridians, of course. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests there’s something just sort of off about us, but here’s a fact that explains a lot: Nine percent of Floridians have some form of mental illness, which is three times the national rate, according to Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions. [...]

links for 2008-05-29 »

By William M. Hartnett on May 29, 2008 in daily links | 0 Comments

FEC, media can’t handle Obama jackpot – Politico.com Oh, dear: Obama and Clinton fundraising reports too big for the 65,536-row limit in older versions of Excel, allegedly causing headaches for the FEC and media. One hopes we would be past the point of being stymied by Office 2003, but apparently … (tags: politics obama clinton [...]