In case you missed it, and I did because I don’t watch much wrestling anymore, here you can find footage of the legendary (and legendarily tragic) Von Erich family being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during Wrestlemania 25. And here’s a taste before you hit that link:
Thanks to the kind FBvian for the linkage.
I don’t know what Tim is talking about regarding Twittering killing FrontBurner. Look at the substantive media criticism I’m about to drop on you.
Hey, DMN, re: “shakedown” story — why it diff when you look at past probs tween Allengrp guy&JWP, but it “dredging” when DO do it? WTF, mates?
You know what to me sounds desperate? When you say that we need a convention center hotel in order to lure the College Football Hall of Fame out of South Bend, Indiana (full release after the jump). Three things: 1) I spent four years in South Bend. It shouldn’t be hard to lure anything that doesn’t have an “ND” on it out of that city. 2) In my four years there, I didn’t once visit the CFHF. Nor did a single visitor of my acquaintance inquire about it. And 3) really? That’s why we need a convention center hotel?
Careful, long-suffering readers of FrontBurner have probably noticed a subtle shift here in recent weeks. As Twitter has come into its own, we’ve all fired up our accounts and gotten to twittering. Because, you know, everyone else is doing it, so it must be cool. Some of the material we heretofore would have put on FrontBurner is now winding up on Twitter.
On opening day, for instance, I twittered like a madman from my seat at the ballpark. A year ago, I would have subjected FrontBurner to all my trenchant baseball analysis and artful iPhone photography. But Twitter just seems a medium better-suited to such “Hey, here’s something real quick” communication. Its iPhone interface (Tweetie) is certainly easier to navigate than the one we use to post on FrontBurner (WordPress).
FrontBurner has always been a mix of the high (arguments about the Trinity project) and low (shirtless pics of Eric). To my mind, that’s been part of its charm. If the latter largely migrates to our Twitter feeds, will FrontBurner suffer? Or will the change actually improve it? More important, how the heck are we gonna make money doing any of this?
1. If you worked for Irving ISD during the 2000-01 school year, you may want to hold onto your effin’ hat, because someone is probably ordering $240 worth of pudding right now, using a credit card with your name on it.
2. Just because my father-in-law is both a Republican and the proud owner of a Portuguese water dog (handle: Repo) AND because I’m interested in what you guys will do with this seemingly innocuous story, the President’s new dog Bo is from nearby Boyd.
3. And finally, State Rep. Betty Brown (R-Terrell) apologized for that whole Asian-Americans-should-make-their-names-easier business. That won’t stop me, however, from saying “don’t try to Betty Brown me, son” whenever someone accuses me of saying something confusing. Given my track record, expect that to happen several dozen times a day for the next forever.