Hey Freak!

So, I've heard that the CEO of WGN Radio in Chicago recently sent out a memo... containing a list of 119 words and phrases that must NEVER be uttered on the radio. Yeah, just another crazy bigwig trying to assert his control over all of the little underlings. And he wants them to police each other. Just ludicrous, I say!

But then, I read why...

“The real goal here is to avoid using words that make you sound like you’re reading, instead of talking — that shatter the image you’re speaking knowledgeably to one person. By not using ‘newsspeak,’ you enhance your reputation as a communicator.”

OK, I guess I can see what he's going for. Well, let me check out the list, first...

Oh. Ohhhh OK. I totally get it. On some, nay, a LOT of these words and phrases? I'm with the guy.

For instance... yeah, I'm totally down with never hearing "5AM in the morning" again (unless we start having 5AM at other times of the day). I don't want to hear the word "Diva" unless you're talking about opera. Maybe Aretha, too. But when I hear people talk about, say, Miley being a diva, I'm going to not believe anything I hear after that.

Some of these other ones just blow me away... "mute point"? Really? You have to tell people that this is wrong? "Hunnert" instead of "hundred"? Why did you hire someone who says hunnert in the first place?

And there are a lot of clichés in there, too. "Giving 110%." "The mother of all..." "Perfect storm." I'm totally on board with not wanting to hear those ever again.

I also have to say, there are a few that I don't understand where the hate is coming from. Flee? Seek? Yeah, I don't know. But most of the other ones, yeah. I understand. He wants his employees to sound knowledegable, and not rely on that newsspeak bullshit that we're all tired of.

But wait. I started reading the comments. People are still mad? "Who would work for this idiot?" "What a joke"? "Stay classy, Chicago?"

Seriously? These people are mad because... he has the temerity to ask that his staff sound educated? I'm getting really sick of people defending their right to be lazy and uneducated. Don't get me wrong - I have nothing wrong against the lazy and uneducated, but I think it's perfectly fair that if you choose to stay that way, then you should lose your jobs. Especially when your job is to inform and educate other people.

Let me restate: I do NOT agree with the micromanaging, the policing of co-workers; his whole way of going about this was awkward at best. But he had the right intentions. I know what he was going for. I don't want my news read to me by someone who I don't think understands the news.

Check out NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Blog Me" and their take on this...

damn you.

gracias for the linkage

Hey dude. Wow, another Mikey! WHOA! Haha. Anyway, I went to that site. I found it quite... er.... interesting? Well, you have a nice site here. I think I remember you from a while ago when I was into web design before... Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. Not really sure. At least your entries are comical. I think I'll come back sometime. Holler.

Wow...

That blog is like, Boner City. Or something.

*changes my panties*

whoa.

To tie into a post at J's site today:

After reading that...miso horny.

(The "burning flesh" thread of that post applies here, too!)

Ok, it was good and almost good enough to believe until I got to

"As Red came, my hand was soaked. Her liquid seemed to be everywhere, a sudden gush spreading hot underneath us."

Um... that shit never happens.

alas, serra, it does, indeed.

:::sigh:::
i admit it.
I'M RED.

DAY-amn!

Serra, I think all you can say with confidence is that it doesn't happen to you. It happens to me quite regularly, as well as to many of my partners. You just have to know where to rub m'dear.

Wow. Blogrolled that one very, very quickly. Yummm.

damn! that's hot! wet panties hot!

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