PUNCHING KITTY

If you haven’t noticed by now, this Kurt Greenbaum story hasn’t gone away yet, and though we are trying to keep up-to-date on all the Greenbaum-iness of the internet, there is one place that has become the hub for all the coverage of this story, and part of the story itself: KurtGreenbaumIsAPussy.com (or for those with virgin ears: KurtGreenbaum.com)

We recently traded emails with the anonymous operator of the site.  Here is the interview:

_Public Dis-service Announcemen_t style…

Well done.

For the next week postings here will be spotty at best as we are off for a little Thanksgiving vacation.

The goal is to post a few times up here throughout the week, but that has a little to do with my drive to write over my vacation and more to do with the availability of the internet.

Unlike our last “break” I promise to return after the Thanksgiving weekend.

We hear that the Post Dispatch’s Web Director, Will Sullivan is on Twitter looking for tips on commenting systems.

Hmmm, can’t think of why that would be.  Any ideas?

Maybe you saw our post yesterday about Kurt Greenbaum, the Post Dispatch’s Social Media Director and how he got a man fired because he posted a “vulgarity” on the comments of an STLToday article.  If not, check it out, we go in to in detail there.

In that post, I dropped this little pull quote, suitable for twittering and the like:

…and then the internet skull-f*cked him.

I was wrong.  The internet populace hadn’t begun to skull f*ck him at that point.  They are now though.

Here are  a few links form around the Lou-net:

JoeSportsFan found a common thread for every headline about the new American League Cy Young, and no it they don’t all begin with “Who?!”

The Short Buzz found that video of me and my two friends performing in our “Hot Sunday” cover band.

The Beautiful Kind profiles porn-star Buck Angel.  Its really not safe for work, but if it is for you are you hiring?

Kurt Greenbaum, Director of Social Media at the St. Louis Post Dispatch jumped on his blog the other day to gleefully tell the tale about how he tracked down one of the thousands of nasty commenters on STLToday.com, called the employer of the commentator (based on the IP/Hostname) and because of his tattle-telling, the dude got fired.

…and then the internet skull-f*cked him.

Here’s a few of the comments on his original blog post entitled “Post a Vulgar Comment at Work, Lose Your Job“:

For a reasons we can’t figure out other than the fact that they keep firing people that make more than minimum wage over there, the Post Dispatch thought it wise to push the typewriter away from the experienced writers and in front of two guys that throw balls really really hard for a living.  Cardinal pitchers Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright were asked to write why the other should win the National League Cy Young Award.  The results were a resounding “eh” for Waino, but a deafening headslap for Carpenter.

For immediate release:

Monday, after the Rams’ Wide Receiver Keenan Burton suffered a season-ending knee injury, Mayor Slay introduced the draft for all St. Louis men between the ages of 22 and 30.  Men selected are to report immediately to Rams Park, put on the pads and play until they are hurt, at which point they can go back to their normal lives knowing that they have served their city in it’s time of need.

Remember like a year ago when Charter started the whole bankruptcy proceedings?  Well now its almost over.

Charter Communications Inc. says a bankruptcy judge has confirmed its reorganization plan, clearing the way for the nation’s fourth largest cable TV operator to emerge from Chapter 11 in a few weeks.

Charter said the plan whittles its debt burden by about $8 billion, leaving $13 billion. Bondholders who agreed to swap their $8 billion of debt will end up owning nearly all of the post-bankruptcy company.

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