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.
Dan, it’s at one of the links he’s going to work for Laura Ingraham.
DAMN YOU COLLINS!!!
Thanks, Maggie
anytime, Dan.
Really? Bryan doesn’t like you?
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”
Yes. I informed him of a typo in a way that I thought humorous and he thought rude, once.
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.
Nah, Patterico was floating it.
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…
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?
Yeah. I think Ingraham’s got a website and all.
Bryan’s stuff usually wasn’t and I tended to skip it. I don’t think Cap’n Ed is going to change that.
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.
I would prefer that Jeff build up the PW brand in the short run.
;-)
BTW, Laura may not know you exist, but Bryan could change that.
Jeff, do you need a group hug?
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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.
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.
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!
Laura, Dennis Miller and Howie Carr are the only ones I can really bear to listen to.
Well, fuck him.
You saw that Shannon Elizabeth and, presumably, her nipples are going to be on Dancing With the Stars, right, Jeff?
Nope. But that’s just the kind of thing that can get me kickstarted.
God Bless reality tv!
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.
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.
Jeff,
Shannon Elizabeth is already practicing for Dancing with the Stars.
So there’s that then. Has nishi commented yet? Me too for when she does.
There are various versions of political rectitude.
Oh! And last night Hillary Swank said she practices krav maga.
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.)
I’m embarrassing here because I’m psychically incontinent.
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.
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!
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!
MayBee – I think that was Chad Lowe dressed up as Hilary Swank.
MayBee (who may be kidding) (and psycho)
For the record, I didn’t take it as mean.
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?
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.
Boys Don’t Cry.
Admit it Jeff, you just can’t quit us. In a non gay cowboy sort of way.
OMG, Jeff. You didn’t just make a reference to this, did you?!
I feel so old……..
I’d tap Hilary. Swank, that is!
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!
BJ – I am scared of you, not in a gleenwaldian kind of way. Just scared.
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.
“Not much of public outcry for my services, unsurprisingly.”
Wait’ll they get a load of me. THIS TOWN NEEDS AN ENEMA!!
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.
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.
hot air
I don’t visit sites that won’t let me make an ass of myself in the comments section.
I can’t believe you guys talk about hilary swank.