November 13, 2002

Marcus O'Riley renames his column

Christian Crumlish

Your Salon Blog Tour of Quality

'Tis a sad day', as Marcus O'Riley would have said, at least he would've until we fired his sorry ass. It was not his insufferable rudeness that did him in, nor his propensity at mangling the English language. No, and let this be a lesson to all you young people out there, but it was the fact that he lied on his job application. We specifically asked for an Irish writer, and now we discover that he was Belgian all along. Perhaps we were fooled by his liberal use of 'O, but we should have known better when we realized he preferred Finlandia to Guinness. Beginning immediately, we are making big changes. For example, the new title, which replaces the absurd Salon Blog Quality Tour for You.

Exclusive: In other mind-boggling news, we have discovered that Jan Haugland is able to write using letters not found on the human keyboard!

If you like reading the daily obituary columns nearly as much as I do, you'll love Daniel O'Neil's Googobits. I profess a genuine fondness for his logo.

In related news, Miss Feva is already contemplating her Christmas card list...

No Code jumps into the cooking fray. "It's a new month and that means a new page in my SPAM calendar!" he starts, before spilling out a delicious sounding recipe for 'SPAM and Limas'. Yum yum. But, uh David, today is November 12...

In other cooking news, Julie describes a Veteran's Day meal which sounds even better than David's. Hard to believe, I know.

different strings fearlessly takes on the difficult topic of fat NFL officials.

Standing Room Only. Little Tykes Talking Vanity. Need we say more?

Earth on Life digs up a strange gilded box. No wait, Life on Earth digs up a strong golden box with a strange massage.

In closing, as Marcus would have said, had we not fired his sorry ass, 'Well, then, Goodnight from Marcus, your guide to Salon Quality.' Except now it's just Goodnight.

Posted by xian at November 13, 2002 10:36 AM
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