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Monday, March 06, 2006

From the ever sharp eye of CP2:

'Stick Chat
(ok, it's actually a chat about Blackberries, but is hosted by Ana Marie Cox, formerly of Wonkette fame, who has moved onto bigger things, but is still apparently an ardent Tai Shan fan. To give credit where it's due, Ms. Cox may be the first Tai Shan blogger. BTW, we have 2 extra Tai Shan viewing tix for 3/18 if you wanna come Ms .Cox!)

Washington Zoo: Please take back the blog! The new guys hardly give the 'stick any coverage at all! We need you!

Ana Marie Cox: Apparently the new Wonkettes have decided that Butterstick was my "thing," and so they've given up the kind of constant, adoring hagiography that The Stick deserves. When the Stick leads the revolution, they will be the first against the wall. No, seriously: The Stick revolution will consist of rolling around in bowls. No worries.

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[As an aside, here is what the new Wonkettes had to say in a WP chat on 3/1/2006:]

[Burlington, Vt.: Three words: Mo' Butterstick now.

David Lat: While we adore Butterstick -- who doesn't? -- we feel that this particular meme is uniquely Ana Marie Cox's. So our failure to talk more about "the Stick" reflects a conscious editorial decision on our part to chart our own path here at Wonkette. Our standard for Butterstick items is that we'll talk about that diminutive panda if there's a news hook. For example, we recently did an item about pandas eating up zoo budgets, based on a New York Times piece. If Butterstick goes into Iraq and unearths WMDs, OF COURSE we'll write about him. But we generally don't do "Stick for the sake of Stick" coverage, wisely leaving the Stick shtick to others (e.g., www.obeybutterstick.com.]

"Stick for the sake of Stick" is what pandodyssey is ALL about! Now back to the post already in progress.
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Cabin John, Md.: A 19th century composer was asked, "Would you prostitute your art?" He replied, "Repeatedly." If they're buying, you go right ahead and sell. Do you have room for oleaginous Butterstick gooiness on your new blog?

Ana Marie Cox: I should pick the Stick more on the personal site, it's true. I've been making do with the National Zoo's quasi blog (http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/) which can be amusingly semi-pornographic in its details. The other day a friend and I were discussing the dangers of being able to see the panda cam on your Treo...

From dictionary.com:
hagiography - hag·i·og·ra·phy, n. pl. hag·i·og·ra·phies
Biography of saints or a worshipful or idealizing biography.

Gasp! Is pandodyssey a hagiography?

1 Comments:

At 12:55 PM, CP2 said...

Ever sharp eye or ever lazy employee?

 

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