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>I think young Gerald Bostock was singing about you: > >Really don't mind if you sit this one out. >My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. >I may make you feel but I can't make you think. >Your sperm's in the gutter -- your love's in the sink. >So you ride yourselves over the fields and >you make all your animal deals and >your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a >brick. >And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in >the tidal destruction >the moral melee. >The elastic retreat rings the close of play as the >last wave uncovers >the newfangled way. >But your new shoes are worn at the heels and >your suntan does rapidly peel and >your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a >brick. > >>Thanks for proving my point. >> >>>Um, it's okay! It is generally understood that the >>>young Trib defenders have very little experience and >>>will make thoughtless outlandish comments. >>>You are forgiven, but what's up with the "You people >>>really need to pull the sticks out of your asses."? >>>Whew! Being a little defensive is okay but damnnnn, >>>are you having a bit of an insecurity problem? >>>My advice -think about what it is you want to say >>>before you say it. And do a little research. >Otherwise >>>your comments will read like the Trib. >>> >>>>You people really need to pull the sticks out of >your >>>>asses. I didn't think most of the staffers were >>>>nearing 40, but obviously I was wrong. I didn't >claim >>>>I had the inside track. I didn't cast it as though I >>>>knew for sure, either. Anyway -- good for you, >>though. >>>>You caught a Tribber in a "lie!" (??) That's A1, >>hands >>>>down. >>>>BTW, I don't know that Jennifer! writes for the p.m. >>>>exclusively. She's an insert that Trib and Gateway >>>>uses. >>>> >>>>>how bout Knox and Pastrick to start? I won't give >>>>>their ages but 33 ain't but a memory like Rolling >>>Rock >>>>>from Latrobe. >>>>>don't know about anymore pm "staffers" per say but >>>how >>>>>bout often contributers like old Mike Seate and, >say >>>>>it ain't so, Joe Starkey and who writes that Family >>>>>Inc. thing? Jennifer Antkowiak? yeah, she's not 33 >>>>>yet. and Jessica Severs, I won't tell you how old >>but >>>>>it's somewhere 'tween 32 and 34. >>>>>the truth is the truth and when a trib kiddie makes >>>>>untruthful statements such as yours it's no wonder >>>the >>>>>trib has such a high unbelievability factor. >>>>> >>>>>>I can't think of a pm staffer who's even pushing >>>33. >>>>>> >>>>>>>The Trib PM is the result of an attempt at being >>>>>>>"edgy" by Trib Kiddies who are pushing 40 and >>>>beyond. >>>>>>>The problem with "edgy", which is connotative of >>>>>>>having a sharp or biting edge and wit, is that >>>>>concept >>>>>>>is in a state of constant change and that makes >it >>>>>>>always elusive and then you must know, who at any >>>>>>>given time, is defining what edgy is because >that >>>>>>>would be your target audience. >>>>>>>A fine example is the myth of the "Sixties". In >my >>>>>>>estimation the defining depth of that label >lasted >>>>>for >>>>>>>7 or 8 years; 1963 brought the Beatles and in >1970 >>>>or >>>>>>>71, Kent State and the Pentagon papers. The end. >>>>>Yeah, >>>>>>>you might hear these things discussed >>occasionally, >>>>>>>but Woodstock, Peter, Paul & Mary, Led Zeppelin, >>>the >>>>>>>Grateful Dead, the Beatles and Stones, Carnaby >>>>>Street, >>>>>>>psychedelia, Martin Luther King, the >>Haight-Ashbury >>>>>>>and Don and Deanna On Bleecker Street (1982-85 >>>-wow, >>>>>>>that lasted a long time) all have one thing in >>>>>common, >>>>>>>their time is past. >>>>>>>And the Trib Kiddies time is also past. The >"edgy" >>>>>>>thing is self defeating. What are you going to do >>>to >>>>>>>fix it? Hire new Trib Kiddies who are 20 years >old >>>>or >>>>>>>younger which is what this edgy thing is all >>about. >>>>>>>First you'll have to use human resources to >>>>>distiguish >>>>>>>the cool kids from the nerds because only nerds >>are >>>>>>>cool now but that too is changing, and old Walt >>>from >>>>>>>HR ain't never going gonna be up with that. >>>>>>>It's a losing proposition. Good journalism is >not. >>>>>Put >>>>>>>out some good journalism, paper or online, >>tailored >>>>>>>toward this region and you will have all the >>>>edginess >>>>>>>you need. >>>>>>>Even Don and Deanna read the NY Times (while >>>>lunching >>>>>>>on love burgers). >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>The only advantage the Trib p.m. has over the >PG >>>>is >>>>>>>>>that people enjoy reading Trib p.m. That's >all. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Sure. >>>>>>>>All what? 15 people who read the Trib PM?

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