http://www.banterist.com/ A weblog that tends to be a shade wittier. en-us 2009-07-07T14:08:28-05:00 Banteristhttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/43FYwS0O_dY/000656.html So, you have the mayor of a city that can't afford it in a state that is bankrupt, spending a fortune on a memorial service for a musician who just a couple weeks ago was pretty much considered a laughing stock by lots of people. Just can't beat it. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=43FYwS0O_dY:xpf5sCEhmB8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=43FYwS0O_dY:xpf5sCEhmB8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> In The News Brian Sack 2009-07-07T14:08:28-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000656.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/wqlRDvCbrmI/000655.html Banterist Department of Corrections <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BrLr9hHJg8r_QGZPeFuESlrS1b0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BrLr9hHJg8r_QGZPeFuESlrS1b0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BrLr9hHJg8r_QGZPeFuESlrS1b0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BrLr9hHJg8r_QGZPeFuESlrS1b0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=wqlRDvCbrmI:KYgetiBXcKI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=wqlRDvCbrmI:KYgetiBXcKI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Grammar Cop Brian Sack 2009-06-29T11:29:18-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000655.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/XSRQ9rMpFPw/000654.html For this, we wandered around Bryant Park with a tiny camera and a karaoke microphone, giving us a nice... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iHHrxJ4XwX93ZW6W1tticeso8bY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iHHrxJ4XwX93ZW6W1tticeso8bY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iHHrxJ4XwX93ZW6W1tticeso8bY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iHHrxJ4XwX93ZW6W1tticeso8bY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=XSRQ9rMpFPw:pAVWJvaZLNc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=XSRQ9rMpFPw:pAVWJvaZLNc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Work Brian Sack 2009-06-23T10:43:17-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000654.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/doCGzSmfcdM/000653.html I suppose this is exactly the kind of quote we should expect to see in an article about how 60%... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUH_93_j98eusrlc14fXCllUVpA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUH_93_j98eusrlc14fXCllUVpA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUH_93_j98eusrlc14fXCllUVpA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUH_93_j98eusrlc14fXCllUVpA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=doCGzSmfcdM:3ecJIzHxlBA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=doCGzSmfcdM:3ecJIzHxlBA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> In The News Brian Sack 2009-06-18T12:57:56-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000653.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/7L4ySoJMwGM/000652.html Banterist Department of Corrections <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C0tb7GYlkdPUYt8fIXiLY2ddols/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C0tb7GYlkdPUYt8fIXiLY2ddols/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C0tb7GYlkdPUYt8fIXiLY2ddols/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C0tb7GYlkdPUYt8fIXiLY2ddols/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=7L4ySoJMwGM:TDM0xzn3qWc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=7L4ySoJMwGM:TDM0xzn3qWc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Grammar Cop Brian Sack 2009-06-12T08:21:10-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000652.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/rhsQbXaDjro/000651.html I saw this ad on Facebook and it made me think of starting a marketing consultancy. I would sit... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EA43ii5DcnQg8z80F_x_MoOqNYY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EA43ii5DcnQg8z80F_x_MoOqNYY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EA43ii5DcnQg8z80F_x_MoOqNYY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EA43ii5DcnQg8z80F_x_MoOqNYY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=rhsQbXaDjro:Xo0C5anNZ64:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=rhsQbXaDjro:Xo0C5anNZ64:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Marketing Brian Sack 2009-06-11T10:27:41-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000651.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/ozsL_7RPsak/000650.html My violent, swear-laden mafia comedy screens Sunday, June 7th at Laemmle's Sunset 5 movie theater in Los Angeles. It appears in Competition Block 4 as part of the Dances With Films festival that I am accidentally not at. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5RpC4NEbAPVsAFRCrGC9P-xsW4s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5RpC4NEbAPVsAFRCrGC9P-xsW4s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5RpC4NEbAPVsAFRCrGC9P-xsW4s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5RpC4NEbAPVsAFRCrGC9P-xsW4s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ozsL_7RPsak:2rUKVapBnfA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ozsL_7RPsak:2rUKVapBnfA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Banterist Brian Sack 2009-06-07T11:43:49-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000650.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/S_aOUTyYs0I/000649.html In 2005 my wife dragged me, kicking and screaming, to China. I did not want to go because I had a picture in my head that I was quite comfortable with and didn't feel like challenging it. But, since my wife is almost invariably right it turned out to be one of the most amazing trips of my life. I still talk about the asparagus. Best asparagus ever. No doubt it was farmed in melamine-tainted soil with carcinogenic fertilizers - but it was truly delicious. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7y8kS8yIgQ6XwLQGiXmxXdDkwG4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7y8kS8yIgQ6XwLQGiXmxXdDkwG4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7y8kS8yIgQ6XwLQGiXmxXdDkwG4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7y8kS8yIgQ6XwLQGiXmxXdDkwG4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=S_aOUTyYs0I:ROhlZ3hod4Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=S_aOUTyYs0I:ROhlZ3hod4Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> History Brian Sack 2009-06-04T11:38:18-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000649.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/ir072ESiMw8/000648.html iAvoid Utilizes dynamic GPS to route you past annoying sidewalk representatives for Greenpeace, Children International, ACLU, Human Rights Watch,... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz5IssJifBYAaZfq6vcQm5xG2iY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz5IssJifBYAaZfq6vcQm5xG2iY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz5IssJifBYAaZfq6vcQm5xG2iY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz5IssJifBYAaZfq6vcQm5xG2iY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ir072ESiMw8:CHp3llDHAEQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ir072ESiMw8:CHp3llDHAEQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> New York Brian Sack 2009-06-02T12:14:00-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000648.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/jeobb244r3E/000647.html The unicycle is a form of transportation for people who really need attention.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VP-EXUEgOEWwwNDOM3SFy5L_USI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VP-EXUEgOEWwwNDOM3SFy5L_USI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VP-EXUEgOEWwwNDOM3SFy5L_USI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VP-EXUEgOEWwwNDOM3SFy5L_USI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=jeobb244r3E:99fAVD-_qeY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=jeobb244r3E:99fAVD-_qeY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Thoughts Brian Sack 2009-05-20T12:36:48-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000647.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/lq7O6qcNEv0/000646.html We're blessed to live in a country where each and every individual (<em>not you, felons</em>!) can participate in the justice system. A trial by a jury of our peers is one of our inalienable rights, and serving as a juror is not only a privilege but a civic obligation. That said, jury duty can be a dreadfully tedious ordeal that you'd really like to get the hell out of - like if the trial will last a month and is about rich people suing other rich people <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/realestate/23deal2.html?_r=2">over a bent building</a>. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mrwak6w2gpZVc7TY-Ye1GK2A8jY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mrwak6w2gpZVc7TY-Ye1GK2A8jY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mrwak6w2gpZVc7TY-Ye1GK2A8jY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mrwak6w2gpZVc7TY-Ye1GK2A8jY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=lq7O6qcNEv0:-y-LmQz0WyQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=lq7O6qcNEv0:-y-LmQz0WyQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Satire Brian Sack 2009-05-19T14:36:45-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000646.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/VlsFE2UG294/000645.html Banterist Department of Corrections <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dp60R9VJJbYuO4ErT2WQQFlJsgM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dp60R9VJJbYuO4ErT2WQQFlJsgM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dp60R9VJJbYuO4ErT2WQQFlJsgM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dp60R9VJJbYuO4ErT2WQQFlJsgM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=VlsFE2UG294:NYMx4jONS1w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=VlsFE2UG294:NYMx4jONS1w:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Grammar Cop Brian Sack 2009-05-15T09:38:10-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000645.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/wi4JEzujxWg/000644.html A new auction for eBay. And marketing. And a charity.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMZTzPeR2QRNhLxobzfAJSVQ11Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMZTzPeR2QRNhLxobzfAJSVQ11Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMZTzPeR2QRNhLxobzfAJSVQ11Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMZTzPeR2QRNhLxobzfAJSVQ11Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=wi4JEzujxWg:ZRoW-tjmFGg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=wi4JEzujxWg:ZRoW-tjmFGg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Marketing Brian Sack 2009-05-12T14:38:39-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000644.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/3XAIC8Zt28s/000643.html In the United Kingdom, the 1977 TV program with Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada was called CRiSPS?... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uolMBL_Q_PoUW63tsd899yQSFwA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uolMBL_Q_PoUW63tsd899yQSFwA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uolMBL_Q_PoUW63tsd899yQSFwA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uolMBL_Q_PoUW63tsd899yQSFwA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=3XAIC8Zt28s:XPOx1UmFj5s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=3XAIC8Zt28s:XPOx1UmFj5s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Miscellany Brian Sack 2009-05-06T12:28:51-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000643.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/GlxEorTuf08/000642.html The paperback version of In the Event of My Untimely Demise also has a new cover design. The book is no longer red like a fire engine. It looks like a lockbox. And they got rid of the subtitle "Twenty Things My Son Needs To Know" ironically, citing the same exact argument the author made for not having a subtitle in the first place: The information in the book is for more than a son - it's universal. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ESJtDHcYbefmGO0A6SkUdcOD1W0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ESJtDHcYbefmGO0A6SkUdcOD1W0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ESJtDHcYbefmGO0A6SkUdcOD1W0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ESJtDHcYbefmGO0A6SkUdcOD1W0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=GlxEorTuf08:F78IuQxGHxY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=GlxEorTuf08:F78IuQxGHxY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Brian Sack 2009-04-28T08:22:14-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000642.html http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifhttp://www.feedburner.com