Blog Hack Congrats!

Okay, so it's not really a hack because I am (was? have been? will be?) a lawful contributor to Plasticblog, but since fellow contributors Nick and Jessie got engaged, I thought I'd post my congrats and a little photo tribute / retrospective of my relationship with this dynamic duo.

So this is when we went to the Rays-Mets game over the summer. I remember being so psyched about the Rays' win, except that Jessie had to leave early for band practice. Nick was so sad about it that he didn't speak to me the whole way back to Brooklyn. Citifield is in Queens, people!


This one is from a Halloween shindig. Jessie was really attracted to me in my Bob Dylan get up.


Nick was so distraught he chained himself to her and started eating yarn.

Of course, I knew even before that about Jessie's crush on me. Nick was just waiting for whatever snack someone would throw his way.

[PHOTO OF ME AND JACK AT THE DOG PARK]

One time we even went to the dog park together. I had proof that Jack loved me too but I can't find that photo. But I'm the "friend" in this old blog post, I swear.

I think they make just about the most attractive couple I know. Cheers to you, Nick and Jessie!


Love, AJ

Gowanus Lounge Founder Robert Guskind, R.I.P.

photo by Robert Guskind

The blogger behind the great Brooklyn based blog, Gowanus Lounge has passed away. His name was Robert Guskind. The blog tended to focus on development issues in the neighborhoods of Gowanus, Park Slope, Carrol Gardens, Coney Island and Williamsburg areas though it was truly a Brooklyn blog. It was the first Brooklyn blog that I became a loyal reader of. Many beautiful pictures from around Brooklyn were posted on the blog daily. I guess the blogs been out of service for a few days. Hopefully, someone will bring it back. Sad stuff.

You can check out his still active flickr page for some of his (and others) great photos of Brooklyn.

Police So Mad at Blogger

Memphis police, and the city of Memphis, have brought suit in an attempt to gain the identity of an anonymous blogger who has been very critical of the police department and its director. The site seems to be run by a member of the police department or at lease by someone with close ties to members of the force. The intended audience for the blog is the Memphis police department rank and file. The blog, MPD Enforcer 2.0 exposes problems with the department, including sexual harassment of female officers, corruption within the department, and certain department policies.

Blog Agog

This is the power of blogging.

Timothy S. Goeglein, a top Bush aide, has resigned from his guest column for the Fort Wayne, Indiana News-Sentinel. Because he got caught plagarizing his column. By a blogger.

The best of part of the story comes near its conclusion. The plagarist, and may I say again, Bush aide, was caught because he lifted a sentence from an already-published paper. The author of that paper misspelled the name of a professor of philosophy from Dartmouth. Then Goeglein copied and pasted, so in turn, misspelled the name.

Genius. You can find the full article here.