Writing Nerds - A Conversation About Blogs with Bethlehem Shoals

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Advisory : This post is ridiculously long.  Read it or don't, just please don't complain about its length in the comments. ------------------------------------------- Backdrop Some time has passed since I wrote " the Eggers piece " and, as you might have noticed, i haven't commented on it since then.  There's a simple reason for that: I said what I had to say.  That ... [link]

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Gospel at the breakfast table
Published 7/25/2008 by Brown Recluse, Esq. (noreply@blogger.com) at freedarko.com
Everyone's threatening to go Euro, but as the more astute commenters know, we care more about self-promotion than basketball, so check out this thoughtful dialogue between Shoals and Ben from ...

Friday Bullets
Published 7/25/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... well. O.J. Mayo, Anthony Randolph, and Joe Alexander did not look so good in this analysis. Many will say this is where Berri's model picks on certain players -- his numbers don't much like Kevin Durant either. If I was a basketball talent evaluator, though, I'd at least investigate a little further with video and other kinds of numbers. How sad is this "Thanks for the Memories" series? A Sonic blog begins counting down great moments in SuperSonic history. The thinking behind FreeDarko. Sasha Vujacic's camp ...

Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings: 7.27.08
Published 7/27/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... in one story. I'm not exactly down with the whole brevity...thing...man. Bobcats: Not going to sign Okafor to what he wants. Not going to trade him. Not worried at all! Whoopee! An NBA Innovation I'm down with. We'll come back to Mr. Thomson shortly. Giggle. Giggle. Hurumph. Giggle. Giggle giggle giggle. I've discussed the problems that the sum of Shawn Marion does to the whole of the team. PIM agrees. Superb interview. The city where no NBA player wants to live faces off ...

Links: Thank Goodness It's Friday Edition
Published 8/1/2008 by Joshua Coleman (noreply@blogger.com) at 3 Shades of Blue - A Memphis Grizzlies Blog
... a credentialed member of the established media. I'm tempted to give him our "Sam Smith Award" for blatantly making up things to stir up interest, but I think that Herrington has done a fine job of putting him in his proper place. Lastly, we come to our "Blazer's Edge" section, as Dave has put up 4 quality posts recently that I give my highest recommendation: Optipessirealism Blogs and Credentials Part 1 and Part 2 Writing Nerds - A Conversation with Bethlehem Shoals Blog of the Day: ...

Guest Post: Vegas in 10 Parts
Published 18 days ago by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... and Shoals. He's a spry lad. I said if he had anything that didn't fit at Blazers Edge, we'd like to see it. It took me about ten seconds to beg him to let me run this. It was rather pathetic, with the groveling and weeping, but Ben handled it with style. What follows are notes and impressions from his time in Vegas for Summer League. Yeah. While I was running around chasing people at ...

Each Day is a Lifetime, 8.19.08
Published 16 days ago by Dr. Lawyer IndianChief (noreply@blogger.com) at freedarko.com
... . That song reliably makes me tear up all the time, and always has. But my question: Would it be irredeemably un-PC to nickname the sprinter Richard "Black Lightning" Thompson? The colonial twist notwithstanding. . . -So a few weeks back, Ben Golliver and I engaged in a long discussion about the relationship between blogging and New Journalism. I was skeptical and said the same shit I always do. He had a vision. Now, Ben's ...

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