Fres-Know: Jesus Take the Keyboard
Local news, echoes from the blogosphere and other stuff that's amusing today:
GOD IN THE HOUSE: Out in Porterville, people are seeing religious images everywhere. First it was an angel in a store window. Next it was Jesus on a palm tree. They got Keith Olbermann's attention. I'm waiting for the Virgin Mary to show up in the ball-pit at Chuck E. Cheese before I drive all the way to P-Ville, though. [The Recorder]
SERIOUSLY: ABC 30's Graciela Moreno brings us the story of Antonia Rivera, a 23-year-old who suffers from lymphangioma. Rivera's doctor is trying to rally the community to support life-changing surgery for the young woman. And if Graciela Moreno thinks you should help, you should help! [ABC30]
GRAB YA HEADPHONES: Are you caught up on Fresno's growing podcast scene? Catch up. [The Fresnan]
STOP STEALIN': ClubFlys -- Fresno's nightclub-hopping, photo-snapping unit -- is calling out all the graphic designers who steal their pictures for event fliers. C'mon, y'all, stick to the pictures of possibly Pam Anderson and whatever cross of Fergie and Brooke Hogan this is. [ClubFlys]
WHAT A CROC: Apparently Crocs are on the way out. Our own croc-lover Will Albritton is in mourning. [News Blog]
POINTLESS FRESNO DISS O' THE WEEK: Some putz named Joe Donatelli tries way too hard to be funny in a recent article about wedding traditions. He writes: "Going to a wedding reception that does not have an open bar is like going to California and only seeing Fresno. No offense to Fresno, which I am told is lovely, but no one goes to the West Coast just to check out the haps in the San Joaquin Valley." Likewise, Joe, no one reads articles about wedding traditions -- a best man's speech, a honeymoon, wow, ground-breaking stuff -- to hear your weak similes involving Fresno. Get better. [MSNBC]
Comments:
Nice hit on Donatelli. What a crap article, even without the diss.
Posted by: adam at August 5, 2008 11:02 AM
...um, guys?
Like from the moment I moved here three years ago, to the present day I hear (without fail,) two things:
'...you moved from NY to FRESNO, and you were not initially from here?
Your kidding!, WHY?
I mean, this has got to be good,
-WHAT could have caused you to do such a thing?'
and
'...You can't judge the rest of California by Fresno, you just can't, it's not fair,
you need to explore the rest of the state and see how beautiful it is, Judging California by Fresno is like judging Fresno by Fresno's West Side...'
-From both the Fresno-Sucks crowd AND from hard-core multi-generational (seriously rah-rah 'how dare you say anything bad about Fresno,') Fresnans.
It has never stopped,
I'm just finding new ways to laugh at the double standard.
Posted by: wet towel at August 5, 2008 11:40 AM
Are you claiming your anecdotal evidence is better than our anecdotal evidence? The humanity!
Posted by: adam at August 5, 2008 12:30 PM
I think ClubFlys is calling out this guy, Frank of DZINES...almost all of his flyers use copyrighted photos - of celebs and otherwise. The dude thinks he's talented because he knows Photoshop basics! Weak...
http://www.myspace.com/frank_savant
Posted by: anonymous at August 5, 2008 12:44 PM
...why yes, Adam,
(as housecat who has nodded off falls out of window and into vertical blinds for like, the 12th time so far today,) I believe I am...
Posted by: wet towel at August 5, 2008 1:16 PM
dammit. first "studio 60" goes off the air after only one season, and now crocs.
forget the halloween store, im so hitting up rei before it's too late.
Posted by: will at August 5, 2008 1:56 PM
1. Crocs are a piece of plastic Will. PLASTIC. lets remember the slippy sweatyness that was the Jelly shoe.....
2. I think that Fergie/Brook Hogan hybrid is actually Susan Anton, the creator the Pusssy Cat Dolls. i could be wrong but i rarely am.
3. If Fresno is so cool, which i believe it is, why do we feel the need to defend it when everyone around it is dissing us? who effin cares what that guy says. he cant even grow hair. yes. i went there. when all else fails, pick on appearances. just kidding guys.
Posted by: MsJoey at August 5, 2008 2:09 PM
On the wedding reception comment, I thought the author was going to go all the way to the truth and say that wedding receptions were useless in general, but know, as a non-non-drinker, his main goal is to get free drinks. Not funny. Weak idea. Insulting to his readership.
It is one thing to insult Napoleon. He's dead. Don't insult the living, especially when we don't deserve it.
Posted by: Arnie at August 5, 2008 6:00 PM
The kid in Clubflys.com's MySpace photo is my neighbor.
Posted by: Alana at August 5, 2008 7:49 PM
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