tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62620442011-05-09T16:19:18.179-04:00Mocking the World Since 2003Ellennoreply@blogger.comBlogger2711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1089082348472480882004-07-06T08:37:00.000-04:002004-07-06T08:38:25.026-04:00

Standard Deviance had a good 6 month run with Blogger on Blogspot, but it's time to move on to greener pastures. The url for the new-and-improved Standard Deviance is http://www.standard-deviance.com and the new RSS feed is http://www.standard-deviance.com/feed/rss/. You should be redirected right ... about ...now.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1089032977005695272004-07-05T09:06:00.000-04:002004-07-05T09:09:37.006-04:00

Standard Deviance is on holiday today in a land where the internet is slow and the air is clean. Can you beleive such places still exist? Be back tomorrow. See you then.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088824721020593682004-07-02T23:17:00.000-04:002004-07-03T06:39:40.533-04:00

There were several blog stories out there in the media today, and each and every one of them has amusing errors. ClickZ news had a report on Gawker today with the headline "Rumor: Gawker to Bow Travel, Gaming Blogs". ClickZ news cited Steve Rubel as the source of the inside information saying "Denton's plan was initially reported by public relations exec Steve Rubel in his own blog,

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088785493660461432004-07-02T11:33:00.000-04:002004-07-02T12:24:53.660-04:00

Following the handover of Iraq this week, the Iraq embassy in Washington D.C. raised its flag for the first time since 1990. However discord remained when the Iraqi diplomats raised the traditional Iraq flag instead of the new flag chosen by the Coalition Provisional Authority. The Iraqi people have not warmed to the new flag. How odd. I wonder why. Maybe because... It was selected by the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088684494230038322004-07-01T10:07:00.000-04:002004-07-01T11:25:57.286-04:00

Our friends over at New Yorkish have been following the ever-extending empire of Gothamist King and Queen Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. So far Gothamist has launched Chicagoist, and have announced plans for LAist. New Yorkish discovered that Jake has registered more -ist domain names, including Bostonist and DCist. After reading New Yorkish's findings, we decided to do some investigative

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088591554600805972004-06-30T11:11:00.000-04:002004-06-30T11:17:55.246-04:00

The US has turned Saddam Hussein over to the Iraqi government, who will try him for human rights abuses. Due to the lack of appropriate facilities run by the Iraqis, Hussein will be held in an American jail, guarded by American soldiers. This reminds me of something... Flashback! Dulledo Dulledo Dulledo The music of Taylor Dayne fills the room. Throngs of children run about wearing birthday

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-108859073385302512004-06-30T09:00:00.000-04:002004-06-30T09:02:28.146-04:00

J.K. Rowling has announced the title of the upcoming sixth book in the Harry Potter series: "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". Standard Deviance found this title a little less than compelling, and given our vast expertise in all things book marketing, we've developed some alternate titles for Ms. Rowling. "Harry Potter and the Bastard Magnate" "Harry Potter and the Royal Family's Mulatto

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088505108170916702004-06-29T11:12:00.000-04:002004-06-29T11:43:54.660-04:00

The Official Chart Company, in partnership with Coca-Cola is launching the world's first music chart to follow online music sales. The chart will aggregate data from the three largest UK download services, www.mycokemusic.com, Napster and iTunes. Silly Brits, they actually download legally. How quaint. [NME] That ole' man is likely spinning in his grave so fast that he's drilled down to

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088394598299188592004-06-29T08:35:00.000-04:002004-06-29T09:49:34.613-04:00

Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton became the proud parents of a baby boy on Saturday night. Since the two of them are, ahem, how shall we say, interesting looking, we've been devoting a lot of thought to what their child might look like. After using advanced imaging techniques, including bone structure analysis and the study of familial characteristics, we believe we have created a fairly

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088395178733971632004-06-28T09:58:00.000-04:002004-06-28T11:28:37.246-04:00

The UK's Observer ran a piece this weekend on the effects blogs can have on customer service. The article details how customer complaints can, when posted to the web, have a much larger effect on sales than the regular whining in the corner pub. One online consultant was quoted as saying "It's better to spend some money on dealing with one person, than risk a complaint going viral and damaging

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088426143697036492004-06-28T09:00:00.000-04:002004-06-28T09:02:19.680-04:00

The United States handed over sovereignty to the interim Iraq government today, two days earlier than planned. The surprise small ceremony was moved up to thwart any attacks planned by insurgents. Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said "We feel we are capable of controlling the security situation." Following the ceremony Paul Bremer, the US envoy to Iraq, boarded a plane and left the country.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088393519291221582004-06-28T08:42:00.000-04:002004-06-28T08:43:11.060-04:00

Good news! The internet at SD headquarters is finally up and running so content should be back to normal for the foreseeable future. Granted Verizon had the gall to send me an internet bill for the last month even though I didn't have any service, but what else can you expect. Verizon Sucks! Hurrah! They have a monopoly, so there's not too much I can do about it. Yay capitalism! Oh, by the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088174031933092682004-06-25T09:57:00.000-04:002004-06-25T10:33:51.933-04:00

The Seattle Times is reporting that Bill Gates may start up his own personal blog. Techies everywhere are salivating at the idea of reading every genius thought Gates has. We here at Standard Deviance have conducted an investigation into the issue and we have discovered that not only has Bill Gates already started a secret blog, but he also has an irrational attachment to cheese. Perhaps the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1088099338053691942004-06-24T13:42:00.000-04:002004-06-24T13:48:58.053-04:00

SD headquarters is still without highspeed internet. We've been told that it will be up in 2-4 business days, but Verizon has told us that before so we don't really believe them. We are hoping and praying it will be back up soon, but cannot make any promises. Next time this happens we'll get a guest blogger. Really. Anyone want Gmail? We have a ton of invitations.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087950673486462232004-06-23T09:12:00.000-04:002004-06-23T09:15:47.013-04:00

The new Pepto Bismol commercial is easily the grossest commercial we've seen since that Lamisil ad. Five people of assorted shapes and sizes act out the ailments that Pepto Bismol can cure by doing a dance reminiscent of the Macarena. For nausea they hold their noses, for upset stomach they hold their tummies, and for diarrhea, you guessed it, they grab their asses as if they are trying to

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087868866528984842004-06-22T09:00:00.000-04:002004-06-27T13:59:16.896-04:00

Loyal readers may remember SD's coverage of streakers being used as billboards. The imaginative folks at GoldenPalace.com, an online casino, pays streakers across the globe to run naked through sporting events while wearing the words Golden Palace.com written across their chests. The best known example of this was Mark Roberts' streak during this year's Super Bowl (not to be confused with Ms.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087570528596797502004-06-18T10:26:00.000-04:002004-06-18T11:01:20.966-04:00

There's a great article today in the New York Times about this new crazy thing people are doing to buy sports and theatre tickets: Going Online. It seems there are several places online with humorous names like StubHub and eBay where you can buy tickets. StubHub is particularly interesting in that it's not online ticket service, it's a place where people with tickets can sell to other people

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087394046400923332004-06-16T09:42:00.000-04:002004-06-16T15:23:13.840-04:00

Hello Readers! I suspect that many of you believe that I enjoyed my disconnection from the internet during my move a little too much and as a result I have now gone on hiatus from Standard Deviance. Not true! My DSL is still not set up. I had a little blow out with Verizon yesterday and it appears that everything that could have gone wrong with my transfer did go wrong, and now it will still

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087324776405853362004-06-15T14:21:00.000-04:002004-06-15T15:15:19.776-04:00

If, while wearing a dinner jacket and bow tie, you drive a convertible sports car/boat across the English Channel in order to break the world record for crossing the Channel in an amphibious vehicle, you are most likely ridiculously rich.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087227097231217942004-06-14T11:23:00.000-04:002004-06-15T17:58:36.160-04:00

In case you haven't heard, Jason Calacanis is a little bit looney toons. Of course we knew that already.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1087225828881381332004-06-14T10:54:00.000-04:002004-06-14T11:20:22.110-04:00

Radio Netherlands has looked at the recent poor turnout at the European Parliament elections and has given its sharp insight on the issue. Take a look: First, the record low turnout of fewer than 45 percent shows that most voters have yet to warm to the European enterprise. Secondly, the sweeping gains for euro-skeptical or downright anti-European parties indicate that public confidence is

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086969066687428872004-06-11T10:31:00.000-04:002004-06-14T11:10:40.506-04:00

Researchers in Germany have found evidence that dogs really can understand what humans say. Researchers at the Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have concluded that Rico, a 9 year old border collie can identify his toys by name. If he is shown an object and told its name he can retrieve it from a pile of objects months later. Rico has learned the names of over 360 toys

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086845180849454902004-06-10T09:01:00.000-04:002004-06-10T09:31:21.683-04:00

Standard Deviance plans on reviewing one film from Art of Speed every day for the next (...hmm...carry the one...) several days. However, as loyal readers are well aware, SD headquarters is still without high speed internet so if we miss a day or two, blame the AOL. Disclaimer: We know nothing about film. Nothing. We never even took a college class in film. You've been warned. We started

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086798125047423182004-06-09T12:06:00.000-04:002004-06-09T16:09:29.626-04:00

Some people around the blog hood have been lauding the release of Who's the Boss Season 1 on DVD. I read something about Tony sliding head first into home plate and Mona's double entendres. I wasn't really paying attention because I was too distracted by the DVD relase of the best 80s show ever(and, no, I don't mean Saved By the Bell): PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE!!!! All 45 episodes are to be released

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086707596364484422004-06-08T11:58:00.000-04:002004-06-08T11:56:22.800-04:00

So it appears Gawker Media may have actually found a way to bring in some decent cash: special advertising sections. Gawker has launched a blog for Nike entitled "The Art of Speed" which follows short films Nike had commissioned to depict speed. The blog is written by the fabulous Remy Stern of New Yorkish (which sadly means, for the next month or so, us New Yorkish addicts will have to go

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086581151467400672004-06-07T09:00:00.000-04:002004-06-07T09:14:19.183-04:00

Standard Deviance has just received an exclusive tip on an earthshattering piece of news: Former President Ronald Reagan has died at the age of 93. I know this must be a shock to many of you. Luckily, we here at Standard Deviance have amassed all the news coverage of this astonishing development. First, it appears that the president has been sick for quite some time. It's true, really. Also

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086280798842329482004-06-03T15:00:00.000-04:002004-06-04T10:33:04.210-04:00

Don't believe me? Look at the evidence:New Jersey has banned the hosting of "Ladies Night" at bars. Seriously. David R. Gillepse (who, after this, will never ever get laid again) filed suit against the Coastline club in Cherry Hill claiming they were discriminating against men by using gender-based promotions. The director of the state Division of Civil Rights ruled in favor of Gillepse, and

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086212336866301682004-06-02T17:13:00.000-04:002004-06-02T17:38:56.866-04:00

That's it people. I'm going to the blogosphere for help. It has now been eight, that's right, EIGHT days since my computer cable died and the tracking people at USPS have no clue where my new cable is. So now I'm turning to you. You love me, don't you? Life is hard without your daily dose of the SD, isn't it? So do something about it! If you have a power supply for any of the following

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1086112403870678332004-06-01T13:49:00.000-04:002004-06-01T13:53:23.870-04:00

Still no computer cable thus I'm not able to post. Sorry. Try again tomorrow.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085761427429811312004-05-28T12:04:00.000-04:002004-05-28T12:23:47.430-04:00

The good people at PR Week emailed me about a poll they're hosting on Washingtonienne. Here it is:PRWeek Opinion Poll Book agents and Playboy are allegedly making offers to Jessica Cutler - aka Washingtonienne. Your thoughts? 1. Good for her. Any publicity is good publicity. 2. What - dear sir - is wrong with our world? 3. There are too many desperate media outlets. 4. I give it a

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085673114180739002004-05-27T11:35:00.000-04:002004-05-27T11:51:54.180-04:00

Standard Deviance headquarters is in the midst of having an equipment malfunction: the f*cking piece of sh!t power supply to the godd@mn Dell sh!tbox laptop won't work. Thus posting will be light until we receive our new power supply in the mail. Oh, by the way, if you happen to have a Dell laptop that is more than, say, 2 years old good luck ever getting a f&cking power supply without either

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085520472342832972004-05-26T09:05:00.000-04:002004-06-23T09:26:52.483-04:00

This week's New Yorker featured a much blogged-about article entitled "A Book in You" by Daniel Radosh. While it's true that as bloggers we at Standard Deviance might be a tad biased, we saw some interesting underlying themes in this article. Thus we have taken excerpts from the piece and prepared our own interpretations, which can be found below. Enjoy! Original:Reading blogs on company time

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085486638865948492004-05-25T12:59:00.000-04:002004-05-25T13:04:35.453-04:00

There's a breakout candidate this week for the person having the "Best Week Ever". I'm sure the people over at the Best Week Ever Blog are considering your typical cast of characters: Mike Myers, for his blockbuster Shrek 2, Michael Moore, for winning the Cannes Film Festival. However, we here at Standard Deviance have had our ears to the street and we know who is truly having the Best Week

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085447266791844632004-05-25T08:56:00.000-04:002004-05-25T10:39:28.710-04:00

Standard Deviance's favorite whipping boy, Jason McCabe Calacanis, is making overt moves on Ana Marie Cox (better known as Wonkette). Our spies tell us he's courted her before, but never out in the open for our amusement:Ana Marie Cox scored a huge scoop last week when she got the jump on the DC sex blogger "Washingtonienne." She went on to take the story to an unprecedented level when she

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085346949368767742004-05-24T12:08:00.000-04:002004-05-24T12:08:59.553-04:00

Sean "P.Diddy" Combs is slated to host a political talk show on MTV called "Project Change". On the show Mr. Combs is planning to quiz George Bush and John Kerry on the concerns of "real people". Puffy says he'll search Harlem, Brooklyn, and Detroit for "real people off the streets" to question the two candidates. We here at Standard Deviance are always looking to be ahead of the curve, thus

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085345606908984272004-05-24T08:30:00.000-04:002004-05-24T08:29:58.370-04:00

Wonkette and Washingtonienne - The New Betty and Veronica? Oh, and if you haven't heard about this DC hill-staffer sex-blogger who recently lost her job because of her extracurricular activities (read: screwing politicians and writing about it on the web), boy do you have a lot of reading to do. Wonkette's Extensive Exhaustive Coverage A Girl After Our Own Heart (She's So Getting a Book Deal

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-108514824061901982004-05-21T09:24:00.000-04:002004-05-21T10:07:00.463-04:00

Two news items came out today pitting Microsoft vs. Google. First there was an item discussing Google's upcoming challenge to Microsoft by launching a search tool, code-named Puffin, to search Windows machines. Thus when you a racking your mind as to where you stored your latest kitty-strangling photos, just Google your computer for kitty-strangling and up they will come. Microsoft is not

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085075309218590152004-05-20T13:21:00.000-04:002004-05-21T09:23:54.566-04:00

Standard Deviance attended the WYSIWYG Talent Show Tuesday night which featured "The Hottest Women of Blog" discussing their first times. All the reading/performances were excellent. Although it was quite dark in the theater I was able to take a few notes, and thus I have some choice quotes from the performances for my readers to enjoy: Sarah Lewitinn of Ultragrrrl: How her boss described her

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1085025377542363752004-05-20T09:00:00.000-04:002004-05-20T09:25:28.516-04:00

Standard Deviance has received several site hits lately by way of search engines. These searches have contained some interesting search terms, most in form of a question. We here at Standard Deviance are quite concerned that these searchers came to SD but did not get their questions answered. Thus we present you with Standard Deviance Answers Your Questions. Search Terms:Statutory Rape

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084993779381147132004-05-19T14:52:00.000-04:002004-05-19T15:11:31.280-04:00

I guess I was wrong. Andy Kaufman Returns [via Defamer]

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084976802691778482004-05-19T09:25:00.000-04:002004-05-19T11:23:55.873-04:00

Standard Deviance has been riding around on that confusion merry-go-round that is nanopublishing for the last 45 minutes. It is impossible to determine whether it's Denton or Calacanis who's full of it(For background information read this). Business 2.0 came out yesterday with an article profiling Nick Denton and his wily media-building ways. The article concludes that Denton is playing down

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084897461587693882004-05-18T11:40:00.001-04:002004-05-19T15:09:54.213-04:00

Go check out the WYSIWYG Talent Show at P.S.122 tonight at 7:30. I'll be there, so will all the female blog stars, but I know you'll really be coming to see me, right? RIGHT?If you're not into blogcest but are into democrats go see the Concert for Kerry this Wednesday at Southpaw. The acts are David Berkeley, Silent League, Loaded Dreams, and Melomane. Standard Deviance may be in

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084851793062189702004-05-18T09:00:00.000-04:002004-05-18T10:08:15.496-04:00

There's something about naming a Hollywood child Apple Martin that just destines her for adolescent alcoholism. Is there a Betty Ford Jr. Center? Gwyneth Paltrow gives birth to baby girl named Apple [Newsday]

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084592750788365522004-05-14T23:38:00.000-04:002004-05-14T23:45:50.786-04:00

Standard Deviance's sister, Catherine Deviance, is graduating from college this weekend. This momentous occasion drove Standard Deviance to take a day off work and commit to spending an entire long weekend away from her computer. Thus there will be no posting until Tuesday. Congratulations Graduates! Welcome to middle-class poverty!

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084546301772050452004-05-14T10:29:00.000-04:002004-05-14T14:11:42.600-04:00

Jason Calacanis today made his first public plea to employ one of the Denton Pod People. Granted he's going after Elizabeth Spiers, who has already left the Gawker Media Empire, but still it is interesting to see the process out in the open. Take a look [Emphasis mine]:Spiers retiring from blogging makes me feel like the times when Jordan retired from the NBA. :-( Hey kid, can you just give us

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084505300864917092004-05-13T23:17:00.000-04:002004-05-14T08:32:54.716-04:00

Courtney Love was arraigned yesterday in New York on assault charges for hitting a fan in the head with a mike stand. Before and after the arraignment Courtney gave several rambling statements. Here are some choice quotes. "I think I ... a certain person who had bogus power of attorney. And that purchased ... they stole about $40 million from me." "I feel really stupid. And I'm really sorry

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084456836441084022004-05-13T09:20:00.000-04:002004-05-13T10:30:20.470-04:00

New York Representative Nydia Velazquez is petitioning the judge in the Martha Stewart case to sentence Martha to community service. Rep Velazquez, who wants Ms. Stewart to serve at a low-income women's center in Bushwick, argued "As an entrepreneur who built a company from the bottom up, and created a label that is known the world over, Ms. Stewart's skills could be put to good use." Given

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084378215816181662004-05-12T10:46:00.000-04:002004-05-12T14:22:26.750-04:00

The publishers of the recently revamped Star Magazine, American Media, have sent a cease and desist letter to the editor of Us Weekly, Janice Min. Apparently the people at Star believe that they own the word "Star" and are demanding that Us Weekly stop using the word "star" for column names. As of now Us Weekly has several columns with "star" in the title, including "Star Beauty" and "Star

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084291144037657692004-05-11T11:08:00.000-04:002004-05-12T14:25:22.696-04:00

I slaved all night over a hot stove yesterday preparing a lovely post for my readers only to have the post overheat and explode, thus I am without my usual wittiness today. So, as I always do when I'm desperate, I present you with some linkage. Enjoy.It appears that as I was passed over for the New York Post article on female bloggers, I have been similarly passed over by the WYSIWYG Talent

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084209644405650952004-05-10T12:05:00.000-04:002004-05-10T13:31:56.116-04:00

Damn you Blogger, you were like the Pabst Blue Ribbon of the blogosphere: You were crappy but we used you anyway because you were cheap and basic. But now you've sold out in order to provide "better service". How typical. Finding Blogger was like finding a super cool T-Shirt at a vintage store but discovering it had pitstains under the arms. Even though you knew you could get something

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1084196936989348832004-05-10T09:08:00.000-04:002004-05-10T09:51:28.703-04:00

Jane Fonda recently reentered the business of movie-making by starring in an upcoming film with Jennifer Lopez called Monster-In-Law. Jane Fonda explained that acting is a lot like sex because "How to do it just comes right back." Now, most people would probably describe that feeling of remembering how to do something years later as being like bicycle-riding, but images of bikes (especially

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083936658453357202004-05-07T09:11:00.000-04:002004-05-07T09:54:41.293-04:00

While it's quite well known that Dan from Real World Miami is himself a blogger, it turns out he is also a movie-theatre-porn-masturbator. While I was about to rip Dan apart myself, he beat me to the task:TRUE OR FALSE: I like watching porn with guys with nice butts. (True true true. Straight guys: insert "girls with big boobs" here, and it's the same thing for you.) TRUE OR FALSE: There

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083856991061010642004-05-06T13:14:00.000-04:002004-05-06T14:34:36.780-04:00

Lately things have been getting to Standard Deviance. Whether it be something ending or something being brought back, I'm really sick of hearing people talk endlessly about the same topics. Really. Here's a list of these offending overly-talked about topics, and a rating for how much I want people to shut up already. Friends Seriously. If I read one more headline about "The End of an Era" or

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083812398405055502004-05-06T09:25:00.000-04:002004-05-06T23:30:02.250-04:00

Today is the United State's National Day of Prayer. Prayer was first introduced as a country-wide activity in 1775 and was officially made an annual event as of 1952. The website for the event has listings of events by state. Manhattan's prayer activity will be held at City Hall from 5:30 to 7:30. If you have any love for this city I would attend the prayer vigil, as the city needs some good

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083785476604306862004-05-05T15:04:00.000-04:002004-05-06T08:58:01.436-04:00

Much is being said today regarding which country produced the presidential candidates' campaign busses. While both Bush and Kerry claim to be pro American jobs, each of their campaign busses were manufactured in Canada, thus taking jobs away from hard-working Americans. Standard Deviance, however, feels a deeper issue is being missed here: What are the countries of origin of their sports

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083763986476483592004-05-05T09:01:00.000-04:002004-05-05T09:39:36.670-04:00

Michael Moore is about to release a new movie through Miramax called Fahrenheit 911, which connects George Bush to Osama Bin Laden and other moneyed Saudis. Disney, as the parent company of Miramax, is putting a stop to the release of the movie as they object to the subject matter. Moore faced a similar resistance when he attempted to release his book Stupid White Men, which ultimately was

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083690353454486342004-05-04T13:44:00.000-04:002004-05-12T14:05:06.353-04:00

Finally, the good part: Blogger Drinks at Merc Bar! This was my first foray into the world that is blogger interaction so it was quite interesting to see the species in their natural habitat, a bar. Luckily I snuck over to the bar before Gothamist and their entourage arrived, thus I was one beer ahead of everyone. Towards the end of the night this was not helpful, but at the beginning it put

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083684879714098912004-05-04T11:54:00.000-04:002004-05-04T12:21:09.560-04:00

In this installment we have a roundup of the Technology panel and the Editors panel. Technology Panel: Anil Dash and Meg Houlihan, Moderated by Paul Ford Standard Deviance doesn't have nearly as many notes on this panel as the others, and those of you who have seen the crappy design of this site displayed in Netscape or Mozilla will understand why. This is not the part of blogging that

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083674940152592132004-05-04T09:59:00.000-04:002004-05-04T12:09:20.000-04:00

WARNING: There will be several lengthy posts today regarding last night's blog dork activities. Those of my loyal readers who are not interested in such things and would rather hear about kitty-strangling may prefer to postpone their SD reading until later today or tomorrow. You've been advised. Last night there was a very interesting New York Bloggers panel at the Apple Store. The panel was

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083608576631073792004-05-03T14:03:00.000-04:002004-05-03T14:37:13.576-04:00

A study was released recently that showed that obese children are more likely to be bullies or to be bullied. CNN reports this study shows that "being fat endangers emotional as well as physical health." Believe it or not, I was a child myself some time ago and I remember that most anything different would get you called out and made fun of. Curly hair, braces, good grades, anything out of

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083352792394995192004-04-30T15:27:00.000-04:002004-05-03T09:14:25.170-04:00

Nancy Reagan has rejected the creation of a "Ronald Reagan University" in Colorado. Terry Walker, the founding president of the university, had already begun raising money to establish the institution near Denver. Nancy Reagan was quoted as saying "We do not support the creation of a separate university," and that supporters should focus their efforts on the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083339930609213022004-04-30T11:12:00.000-04:002004-04-30T13:42:10.966-04:00

Standard Deviance received another email today from Concerts for Kerry regarding their fundraiser today. Let me remind you of the first email that C4K sent out to the New York Bloggers:You --> you're a blogger. Us --> we're Concerts for Kerry; we create fantastic music shows that are fundraisers for John Kerry. We want you to blog us! We have an upcoming show in Brooklyn this Friday, April 30

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083337373331028462004-04-30T10:00:00.000-04:002004-04-30T11:07:11.983-04:00

Hello Readers! Having emerged from my Excel prison relatively unscathed and just one phonecall away from having a new apartment, I am ready to return to blogging with a vengance. Hilarity will resume shortly.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083168902396745942004-04-28T11:39:00.000-04:002004-04-28T12:43:50.013-04:00

The lack of posts (especially good ones) I'm afraid will most definitely continue through tomorrow. All non-work hours are being spent with that evasive species known as "Real Estate Brokers" and all work hours (and some non-work hours) are being spent with Excel. However I've still managed to find some time to check up on the interblogospherenet, and thus I have some links for your

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1083092443908624732004-04-27T14:55:00.000-04:002004-04-27T15:08:13.530-04:00

Guess what everybody? I found an apartment! I have no time to blog today because I am busy moving. The place is great, lots of windows, eat in kitchen, the best location, all the amenities. Check out the floorplan! Dumbasses. You're fired. Down to the street.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082990980387454392004-04-26T11:07:00.000-04:002004-04-27T13:37:56.340-04:00

As loyal readers may remember, Standard Deviance has been thrust back into the rental market thanks to the shrew who lives downstairs. As a prospective tenant, I have been scouring newspapers and websites for apartment listings and neighborhood guides. As misdirected as it may be, I saw the Habitats feature today in the New York Times and decided to read it, even though it was profiling the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082738288179366122004-04-23T12:12:00.000-04:002004-04-23T14:30:54.310-04:00

Standard Deviance is always looking out for the needs of our readers, and as we were perusing the Bush Cheney '04 site, we realized that the pictures really could use some more descriptive captions. Thus we present you with Bush Captions. I didn't know President Bush is a panelist on Best Week Ever! I can't wait to hear what he has to say about Jennifer Hudson getting voted off American Idol

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082649245921426212004-04-22T12:30:00.000-04:002004-04-22T17:32:42.343-04:00

Blue Jake has an innocuous little post about an elite blogger gathering at Waikiki Wally's. The post (minus the photos) is as follows:I had a bad experience at Lucky Cheng's back in 2000 ("When Drag Queens Attack!"), so I've never felt all that comfortable hanging out at Waikiki Wally's. I mean, it's not that I expect my East Village bars to keep it real, but the faux Hawaiian decoration is just

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082570127206919692004-04-21T13:42:00.000-04:002004-04-22T09:09:19.640-04:00

Hello to our faithful Readers. We have to apologize again for the dearth of posts. Standard Deviance had an unfortunate altercation with her landlady this morning and thus is now looking for a new apartment. Therefore all non-essential blog-reading and news-following has been replaced with realtor-searching and craigslist-browsing. Give SD a few weeks and she will be able to give you an

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082468151142463282004-04-20T09:24:00.000-04:002004-04-20T09:42:46.420-04:00

As loyal readers may remember, SD reported a few months ago that oral sex may cause oral cancer. Now it appears that drinking can increase your chances for colon cancer. What next, will eating fatty foods bring on some sort of heart disease or will having sex with multiple partners expose you to diseases of the immune system? Shit, I'm stressed out. I need a drink. Drinking Alcohol May Raise

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082412103937869872004-04-20T08:12:00.000-04:002004-04-20T08:16:53.216-04:00

3M, the company behind the Post It Note, reported an earning increase of 44% for the first quarter of 2004. The AP reported that the earning gains were due to "swings in foreign currency and increased sales in its display business." However, I have another theory: Post-It pranksters are artificially inflating 3M's earnings. Once the pranks stop, so will the profit gains. This could be the

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082385994135238862004-04-19T10:36:00.000-04:002004-04-19T10:50:58.013-04:00

"Cell phone maker Sony Ericsson posted a first-quarter profit more than double what analysts expected and said strong sales of new camera phones boosted its market share as consumers flocked to its low and mid-range phones that feature bright colors, clamshell cases and entertainment options. " Sony Ericsson Posts First-Quarter Profit [AP] Related Posts: Chicken or the Egg?

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082344801049105172004-04-19T08:53:00.000-04:002004-04-19T13:50:48.046-04:00

WalMart and KMart are introducing new DVD players in their stores that edit offensive content out of movies. These players use Clearplay technology, which offers viewers different filters with which they can remove sex, violence, foul language, or any combination of the three from movies. Hollywood is objecting to the use of this technology as it alters the artistic design of their films. In

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082153246825054632004-04-16T17:53:00.000-04:002004-04-16T18:12:53.716-04:00

Standard Deviance has been experiencing some problems loading today. While I would love to tell you I'm hard at work to get the site back up-and-running, in reality I have nothing to do with the site operations. Somehow even a blog of Standard Deviance's importance and influence can still manage to be wholly hosted for free. Thus the fate of the site is at the whim of the people of Blogger.

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082141610699096312004-04-16T14:45:00.000-04:002004-04-16T14:58:03.543-04:00

A Mobile Phone That Goes Off with a Bang [Reuters] When Chan Tin-hon's mobile phone went off, it went off with a bang. "I was lining up in a bank," the 22-year-old from Hong Kong told local Cable TV. "When I hung up the phone, it exploded. It was very loud." The station showed Chan's phone, a Nokia 3310, in tatters and a spokeswoman for the manufacturer said they would investigate. Nokia Posts

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082125908206703792004-04-16T10:48:00.000-04:002004-04-16T14:22:10.610-04:00

You could call this news. You'd probably be wrong, though.A male porn star contracted HIV while in Brazil, causing the porn industry to halt all filmings until all of his recent partners have been tested. Many doctors have argued that the lesson learned here is to always be protected, but I beg to differ: the lesson here is Brazilians are dirty. Never mind that whole safe sex garbage and

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082053950207173982004-04-15T14:20:00.000-04:002004-04-15T23:51:16.873-04:00

I've found someone in the city who also enjoys my great pleasure:A heartless Brooklyn bike messenger has been busted on charges of horribly torturing and beating his girlfriend's pet tabby cat to death.Oh happy day! PUSS AND BEATS [NYP via Gothamist]

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1082037091260642722004-04-15T09:45:00.000-04:002004-04-15T10:54:15.310-04:00

The father of the world wide web was awarded the first Millenium Technology Prize by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. The BBC reports: "In 1991, he came up with a system to organise, link and browse net pages which revolutionised the internet." The honoree was described as a modest man who invented the web for the advancement of society, not for his own personal gain. Wait, that

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081963588258075342004-04-14T12:50:00.000-04:002004-04-14T14:28:23.340-04:00

I've been having a lot of questions lately about politics and life in general. Luckily, it appears I can find most of the answers to my questions in the transcript to President Bush's press conference last night: I'm confused by what the you meant when he told journalist Bob Woodward "I didn't feel that sense of urgency" before September 11th. Could you clarify that for me, Mr. President?Let

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081954070795993302004-04-14T10:28:00.000-04:002004-04-14T11:22:33.450-04:00

Jamiel Terry, the adopted son of Randall Terry, anti-abortion leader and same-sex marriage protester, has come out of the closet in OUT magazine. Randall Terry responded to this admission in an Op-Ed piece for The Washington Times. Here are some excerpts:I love my son. He is incredibly gifted and articulate. He sings like an angel and plays the piano. He's a great cook and a great debater. I've

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081866248019672402004-04-13T10:01:00.000-04:002004-04-13T10:38:27.123-04:00

The difficulty of being funny these days: "With Clinton, you had the real-estate scam, the [vulgar term referring to the sex scandal]. He was a gift from the comedy gods. With Bush, the atmosphere is much more serious. And he's this clean-living guy. Some people love him and some hate him, but it's hard to get a comedic toehold on him, coming after the greatest comedy president in the last 100

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081785604582182442004-04-12T11:46:00.000-04:002004-04-12T12:36:44.560-04:00

Pioneer Press held a contest for the best design of a Marshmallow Peeps Diorama. They received about 40 entries, and while many veered to more religious themes ("Peeps Re-enact the Passion of Christ"), the diorama above was dedicated to the five men of Queer Eye. Hey, Archbishop O'Malley, maybe it's the Queer Peeps that are leading the faithful off the righteous path. Damn that Woodstock

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081777915760706692004-04-12T09:57:00.000-04:002004-04-12T16:28:39.263-04:00

Apparently, forbidding Catholics to eat Fenway franks on Opening Day is not the only way Archibishop O'Malley is failing the Boston faithful. Sean O'Malley was brought in to replace the much-maligned Cardinal Bernard Law in order to bring closure to the victims of the priest sexual abuse scandal. Within a year, O'Malley managed to reach settlements in most of the cases. Most people in Boston,

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081533874929123872004-04-09T13:32:00.000-04:002004-04-09T14:16:34.686-04:00

Get your link fix here: -Gothamist publishes The Greatest Young Manhattanite Interview in the History of the World. Reading this interview gave me a Mary Tyler Moore moment. -George Stienbrenner is such a crybaby. Waah Waah. I cannot wait until the Boston Globe writes something on this [via Gothamist]. -This is so gross. -There's a blog about pizza called Slice, and they have outings around

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081524255912804872004-04-09T11:16:00.000-04:002004-04-09T11:29:17.716-04:00

Leading AIDS researchers in Britain have published important results in this month's British Medical Journal. According to the experts, in order to slow the spread of AIDS, people should not have sex with multiple people. "There would be no global Aids pandemic where it not for multiple sexual partnerships," the researchers said. Researchers in other fields have also published amazing study

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081449958074729592004-04-08T14:58:00.000-04:002004-04-08T15:27:17.326-04:00

Hello Readers. I feel a need to explain the dearth of posts today. Standard Deviance had a very unfortunate accident this morning when she arrived at her workplace: Her contact lens tore in half. Thus poor SD has been sitting at her desk all day attempting to work with a splitting headache and a watering eye, both byproducts of an eye straining to see. People have been stopping by her desk

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081437936276175382004-04-08T11:00:00.000-04:002004-04-08T11:34:31.750-04:00

President Bush (41) is criticizing John Kerry for using the same election tactics that Clinton used to get elected in 1992. With regards to the economy, he said "I was out telling people things were getting better, but the Clinton campaign ... portrayed me as being out of touch." Um, I think not knowing the price of milk pretty much made the "out of touch" argument by itself, without much help

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081307464664017832004-04-07T15:39:00.000-04:002004-04-07T17:03:44.360-04:00

Since I first learned of him last summer, I've had an intense dislike for Rocco DiSpirito. While watching The Resteraunt, it became apparent that Rocco is a total dick restaurant boss (and this comes from someone who formely worked at Friendly's). His restaurant is so bad that his partners sued him for mismanagement. Rocco reacted in the ultimately classy way by counter suing, arguing that

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081272501819698302004-04-06T13:05:00.000-04:002004-04-06T18:33:56.153-04:00

Ronald Harwood, author of The Pianist screenplay and award winning playwright, has backed out of directing a play in Winnipeg. Why, you ask? Winnipeg has a city-wide ban on smoking in public places. To explain his choice, he said "I had no intention of allowing myself to be forced out into the street in winter to partake of one of my great pleasures." You stand up for your great pleasures,

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081259514713496132004-04-06T10:21:00.000-04:002004-04-06T10:27:49.513-04:00

Warning: I'm going to be serious for a minute here. Kurt Cobain died. Very sad. When I was 13, wearing my flannel and thermal, I found that extremely upsetting. I still do, as I can very well understand how when you're in a chaotic situation it's often difficult to see clearly that everything will be okay in the end. But he killed himself. 10 years ago nearly 1 million people were massacred

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081222701274522642004-04-06T08:52:00.000-04:002004-04-06T18:33:33.890-04:00

One of President Clinton's boyhood homes burned down on Sunday, while part of the Rodham family lake house was damaged by fire on Friday. Could it be a coincidence? Or could there be a former presidential candidate who is miffed that while he was pushed into the race by the Clintons, he did not receive their public support? Or perhaps a Little Rock businessman who is still angry about Bill

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081172907528632662004-04-05T09:26:00.000-04:002004-04-05T11:44:25.356-04:00

It appears Booby Brown will now have his own reality TV show, entitled "Being Bobby Brown". The show has already begun filming, as Bobby and Whitney Houston have been seen at several eating establishments being trailed by a group of cameramen. Standard Deviance is always eager to help our favorite stars, so we have compiled a list of possible episode titles. Episode 1: Something in Common -

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1081096882983064242004-04-05T09:00:00.000-04:002004-04-05T19:45:11.780-04:00

I was being all stalkerly over at BlueJake, checking out the Kinja party photos (my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail), and I noticed something: Choire Gawker always looks intense in pictures. Check it out : Kinja party, Gizmodo party (second from the bottom). What's up Choire? Are you mad? If I didn't know better I would be afraid to talk to him. I guess I should be since he's a

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1080933991698929462004-04-02T14:29:00.000-05:002004-04-02T14:57:44.560-05:00

Courtney Love's daughter, Frances Bean, has been denied admission to an exclusive girls school. Ms. Love belives the rejection is because of her bad behavior and that her daughter has been "stigmatized". Says Love: "This is the first time she's been stigmatized because of me. And I just snapped. I'm ready to pop them." Standard Deviance hates to poke her nose in, but given Courtney's

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1080916188449964002004-04-02T09:11:00.000-05:002004-04-03T12:59:46.106-05:00

Politics -Democrats say Republicans agree to Presidential debates. Turns out that's a joke. HOW FUNNY! -The Republicans said that Kerry's French cousin had called Bush up to give him his support. You know politicians are not funny if the Republicans are the ones with the better jokes. -Kerry came out with a zinger of a quote attributed to Bush:"Why should every kid born in America be stuck

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1080879595142266042004-04-02T09:08:00.000-05:002004-04-02T09:12:41.060-05:00

The Bush Administration is hoping to clarify its foreign policy stances given their diplomatic problems the Iraq war. In this vein, several American performing artists will be sent abroad by the Bush administration to display the United State's sentiments for our foreign partners. Britney Spears will torture China with her terrible singing abilities and Michael Jackson plans to offend Africa

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1080883274719304412004-04-02T08:52:00.000-05:002004-04-02T10:08:42.873-05:00

Seems to me that almost every blog entry I read from Jason Calacanis goes something like this: "me me me me, Denton's out to get me, my blogs my blogs my blogs, I have inside information from some super secret blogger elite meeting, me me me." So I was not at all surprised to see Mr. Calacanis throw a hissy when in the first 12 hours of Kinja's launch, his tech blog Engadget was not front and

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1080831694664450042004-04-01T10:19:00.000-05:002004-04-01T16:22:27.653-05:00

As other bloggers probably know, Nick Denton and Meg Hourihan are launching Kinja today, which appears to be some sort of blog reader. The New York Times explains how Kinja works: "After signing up for a free account with Kinja, users can enter the addresses of their favorite blogs and generate a digest - a customized blog of blogs." The Times says that Kinja will be best for people who are

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1080792857515891932004-04-01T08:23:00.000-05:002004-04-01T16:22:40.436-05:00

Oh, silly readers. Do you really think I would do a post about the employment numbers or the NASDAQ? This post is about the "Money Honey", Maria Bartiromo. Ms. Bartiromo appeared on Squawk Box on Monday morning with her regular hair, layered and off her face. However, by the time Closing Bell aired, she was sporting new bangs. New quarter coming up, so a new hairstyle for Maria. Many

Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6262044.post-1080705011818805342004-03-31T09:31:00.000-05:002004-03-31T17:43:36.013-05:00

Mark Geragos, Scott Peterson's lawyer, accused one of the jurors of purposefully lying in order to be selected for the trial. The juror in question is an elderly woman described as wearing fucia pants and a flowered shirt and carrying a romance novel. The woman supposedly bragged that she "passed the test" for the jury while on a bus trip to Reno, Nevada. On the trip the juror also pulled her

Ellennoreply@blogger.com