to join Allah Pundit. No word on Bryan.
It is with regret that I announce that Bryan Preston has left the company. He has chosen to take a position as a producer with the Laura Ingraham radio show. We thank him for all the time and talent he devoted to making Hot Air a success. Please wish him all the best in his new endeavors.
I don’t think Bryan likes me much, but congrats anyway.
Comment by maggie katzen on 2/25 @ 11:40 am #
Dan, it’s at one of the links he’s going to work for Laura Ingraham.
Comment by maggie katzen on 2/25 @ 11:40 am #
DAMN YOU COLLINS!!!
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/25 @ 11:51 am #
Thanks, Maggie
Comment by maggie katzen on 2/25 @ 12:00 pm #
anytime, Dan.
Comment by MayBee on 2/25 @ 12:14 pm #
Really? Bryan doesn’t like you?
Comment by sashal on 2/25 @ 12:39 pm #
too bad, there are not so many independent reasonable conservatives blogs around, like CQ and PW.
I fear he will be compromised by “citizen journalism”
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/25 @ 12:46 pm #
Yes. I informed him of a typo in a way that I thought humorous and he thought rude, once.
Comment by Jeff G. on 2/25 @ 12:51 pm #
Word has it I was on the short list for an offer from Hot Air.
Okay, so I made that up. Like Pajamas, Hot Air looks to be interested in picking up known commodities with proven track records. Unfortunately, now that “the Cap’n” is on Hot Air, my links from that particular site will just about dry up. If past history is any indication, that is.
Bryan Preston thought what I did was occasionally valuable. Captain Ed looks upon me as a potential embarrassment to the serious conservative movement.
Potty mouth and all.
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 12:53 pm #
Nah, Patterico was floating it.
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 12:56 pm #
Also, AP has linked to Jeff’s recent stuff. And maybe Bryan can get him booked on the Ingraham show. He’s good enough for NPR and all…
Comment by MayBee on 2/25 @ 12:57 pm #
I’m really surprised to see the Cap’n close down his blog for HotAir. They seem to be two different animals. HotAir is usually kinda quick and quippy. Is it a good paying gig?
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/25 @ 12:58 pm #
Yeah. I think Ingraham’s got a website and all.
Comment by maggie katzen on 2/25 @ 12:59 pm #
Bryan’s stuff usually wasn’t and I tended to skip it. I don’t think Cap’n Ed is going to change that.
Comment by Jeff G. on 2/25 @ 1:04 pm #
I’m a fan of Laura’s. But she doesn’t know I exist. Can’t blame Michelle. When you’re building a brand, you bring in folks who will generate traffic. Captain Ed has proven he can do that. Plus, he’s safe. Otherwise it would have been Ace, for sure.
Just read through Patterico’s thread. Not much of public outcry for my services, unsurprisingly. I was surprised, however, to find that Malkin had once made Treacher an offer.
But let’s face it. I could never leave PW. It’s a rather unique blog, in toto — and while I’d love to make some money from it, I think in the long run I’d rather build up this brand.
Of course, that’s easy to say when nobody is exactly beating down your door for your services.
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 1:08 pm #
I would prefer that Jeff build up the PW brand in the short run.
;-)
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 1:08 pm #
BTW, Laura may not know you exist, but Bryan could change that.
Comment by Techie on 2/25 @ 1:09 pm #
Jeff, do you need a group hug?
Comment by I'm Just Saying on 2/25 @ 1:11 pm #
“Comment by Jeff G. on 2/25 @ 12:51 pm #
Word has it I was on the short list for an offer from Hot Air.
Okay, so I made that up. Like Pajamas, Hot Air looks to be interested in picking up known commodities with proven track records. Unfortunately, now that “the Cap’n†is on Hot Air, my links from that particular site will just about dry up. If past history is any indication, that is.
Bryan Preston thought what I did was occasionally valuable. Captain Ed looks upon me as a potential embarrassment to the serious conservative movement.
Potty mouth and all.”
Also, I think Michelle wanted people who write….
Seriously, though, you are way too humorous for Michelle. She’s only absurd on accident.
Comment by MayBee on 2/25 @ 1:14 pm #
Not much of public outcry for my services, unsurprisingly.
I think you were gone from your blog too long. People got used to you not being in the game.
I don’t know if I can see you working for Malkin, although I’d love to see you get the money you’d like.
Comment by Jeff G. on 2/25 @ 1:19 pm #
A steady paycheck has a way of focusing the attention. Plus, I do write. Generally is 8-9 month spurts.
I’m saving myself for the stretch run. Besides: Karl knows more about electoral politics and primary quotidiana than do I, and he’s been doing a great job on that kind of thing. Darleen’s been handling the IP stuff ably and interestingly. And Dan’s been doing some excellent stuff with an absurdist bent.
Me, Leif, Shannon, Peter Fonda, and a host of animals and ghosts and breakfast cereals are all enjoying the break. Recharging our batteries. Ready to take on the wave of Obamaramadingdonginess hovering over the nation like a swarm of killer bees.
Quick, somebody rent out the Superdome and get me Michael Caine on the line. Stat!
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/25 @ 1:19 pm #
Laura, Dennis Miller and Howie Carr are the only ones I can really bear to listen to.
Comment by Rob Crawford on 2/25 @ 1:21 pm #
Well, fuck him.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/25 @ 1:21 pm #
You saw that Shannon Elizabeth and, presumably, her nipples are going to be on Dancing With the Stars, right, Jeff?
Comment by Jeff G. on 2/25 @ 1:22 pm #
Nope. But that’s just the kind of thing that can get me kickstarted.
God Bless reality tv!
Comment by Carin on 2/25 @ 1:22 pm #
Gads, after what Hot Air has done to Allah … no, I couldn’t stand if PW/ Jeff went that way. I don’t have anything against Hot Air, but I rarely check it.
Comment by psycho... on 2/25 @ 1:26 pm #
Yeah, no. You’re definitely too cool for that shit. I’m just waiting for Allah to get fired for one of his (unfortunately now only occasional) forays into awesomeness.
I figured that Karl their man, being a reasonable, unembarrassing, professional type who would please their audience, but evidently they’re about consolidating the rightosphere, not amplifying it.
Not that it matters. Every time they open comment registration, the boundaries of the posters’ discourse shrink, and the election seems to be totally trainwrecking the place.
Oh yeah?! Just for that, I’m donating a hundred dollars to McCain in your name! How ya like that, righty-pants!?
But that’s what elections are for — ruining the internet.
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 1:29 pm #
Jeff,
Shannon Elizabeth is already practicing for Dancing with the Stars.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/25 @ 1:29 pm #
So there’s that then. Has nishi commented yet? Me too for when she does.
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/25 @ 1:30 pm #
There are various versions of political rectitude.
Comment by MayBee on 2/25 @ 1:31 pm #
Oh! And last night Hillary Swank said she practices krav maga.
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 1:34 pm #
I’m professorial and unembarrassing here because I’m a guest. At my regular web gig, it’s all about Gary Busey and gratuitous links to pictures of Petra Nemcova (who was just spotted in the slimy embrace of Sean Penn. Ew.)
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/25 @ 1:39 pm #
I’m embarrassing here because I’m psychically incontinent.
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 1:41 pm #
BTW, I should add that MM (and to some degree HA) have been pretty good about linking to PW in general these past months. So I don’t know that hiring the Cap’n has as much to do with consolidation as it does picking someone who fits the established tone.
Comment by MayBee on 2/25 @ 1:44 pm #
I figured that Karl their man, being a reasonable, unembarrassing, professional type
I read this and I thought: what a really mean thing to say about Karl!
Comment by JD on 2/25 @ 1:50 pm #
I set my Tivo for Dancing With the Stars at lunch today. Shannon Elizabeth, if you could get her paired with that vixen blonde Helio danced with, would be the highest rated TV show, EVAH!
Comment by JD on 2/25 @ 2:01 pm #
MayBee – I think that was Chad Lowe dressed up as Hilary Swank.
Comment by Karl on 2/25 @ 2:02 pm #
MayBee (who may be kidding) (and psycho)
For the record, I didn’t take it as mean.
Comment by MayBee on 2/25 @ 2:36 pm #
I was kidding, Karl.
Although… how can I tell you that I don’t think you are unembarrassing and have you see that as a compliment?
Comment by MayBee on 2/25 @ 2:37 pm #
MayBee – I think that was Chad Lowe dressed up as Hilary Swank.
You could tell it wasn’t Chad because she wasn’t sobbing.
I would luuuuurve to be as buff as Hillary, but there is something decidedly ungirly about her.
Comment by Jeff G. on 2/25 @ 2:42 pm #
Boys Don’t Cry.
Comment by Islam on 2/25 @ 2:55 pm #
Admit it Jeff, you just can’t quit us. In a non gay cowboy sort of way.
Comment by NukemHill on 2/25 @ 2:56 pm #
OMG, Jeff. You didn’t just make a reference to this, did you?!
I feel so old……..
Comment by NukemHill on 2/25 @ 2:56 pm #
I’d tap Hilary. Swank, that is!
Comment by BJTexs on 2/25 @ 3:10 pm #
Hilary Swank looked as if she had yanked her face back behind her head and secured it with a safety pin.
I’d rather see Chad Lowe in a dress … in a non gay rather than Hilary Swank kind of way .. JD, stop looking at me like that!!!
You too, MayBee!
Dan:
BWAAA HAHA! There’s no Depends model at Rite Aid for that!
Comment by JD on 2/25 @ 3:13 pm #
BJ – I am scared of you, not in a gleenwaldian kind of way. Just scared.
Comment by Pablo on 2/25 @ 3:21 pm #
Jeff, you shouldn’t be playing a room where you can’t work blue from time to time. God love ya, ya occasionally filthy mouthed bastard. And I mean that in the most affectionate way. Short of gay, that is.
Comment by Mike on 2/25 @ 4:15 pm #
“Not much of public outcry for my services, unsurprisingly.”
Wait’ll they get a load of me. THIS TOWN NEEDS AN ENEMA!!
Comment by mojo on 2/25 @ 4:55 pm #
I was branded once. They stripped off all my buttons, then cut off my shoulder boards. Broke my saber, damn it!…
Oh, wait. That was Chuck.
Never mind.
Comment by Gordon on 2/25 @ 5:02 pm #
Yes. I informed him of a typo in a way that I thought humorous and he thought rude, once.
Yes, he’s a thin-skinned prick. Just my two cents.
Comment by guinsPen on 2/25 @ 5:33 pm #
hot air
I don’t visit sites that won’t let me make an ass of myself in the comments section.
Comment by Frank Abs on 8/31 @ 3:32 am #
I can’t believe you guys talk about hilary swank.