http://www.banterist.com/ A weblog that tends to be a shade wittier. en-us 2009-11-12T10:19:00-05:00 Banteristhttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/F30kmZNKZxE/000671.html Commas are quite small, yet they pack a lot of punch as far as being able to completely alter the... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ETpZGMuryrYa2qAScdl01ibN0EM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ETpZGMuryrYa2qAScdl01ibN0EM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ETpZGMuryrYa2qAScdl01ibN0EM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ETpZGMuryrYa2qAScdl01ibN0EM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=F30kmZNKZxE:9I3QuIMFvYU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=F30kmZNKZxE:9I3QuIMFvYU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Miscellany Brian Sack 2009-11-12T10:19:00-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000671.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/ne23QZYHNc4/000670.html If we lived in North Korea we wouldn't dare say anything about this photograph which was taken of their... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7FwFDKORaZXkqEPkMTPG6H54cvg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7FwFDKORaZXkqEPkMTPG6H54cvg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7FwFDKORaZXkqEPkMTPG6H54cvg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7FwFDKORaZXkqEPkMTPG6H54cvg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ne23QZYHNc4:7wBXDrGblPQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ne23QZYHNc4:7wBXDrGblPQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> In The News Brian Sack 2009-11-12T08:45:41-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000670.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/PfVD5F1emUc/000669.html Webgems: Celebrating the Web's Illiterati <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yA5ZB0Q5fVxGKpTdba1HxwrRRis/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yA5ZB0Q5fVxGKpTdba1HxwrRRis/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yA5ZB0Q5fVxGKpTdba1HxwrRRis/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yA5ZB0Q5fVxGKpTdba1HxwrRRis/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=PfVD5F1emUc:fAsIfg_G2XE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=PfVD5F1emUc:fAsIfg_G2XE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Internet Brian Sack 2009-11-02T11:34:13-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000669.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/dDwaGOk9fm4/000668.html Banterist Department of Corrections. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1471zbn6hAVKwB3rUdMsoAMSK-E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1471zbn6hAVKwB3rUdMsoAMSK-E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1471zbn6hAVKwB3rUdMsoAMSK-E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1471zbn6hAVKwB3rUdMsoAMSK-E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=dDwaGOk9fm4:xO5mZ6sln04:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=dDwaGOk9fm4:xO5mZ6sln04:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Grammar Cop Brian Sack 2009-10-28T09:09:27-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000668.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/eBthyMVqz04/000667.html The following is a list of friends and acquaintances with books out recently. If you're looking for something to read,... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kjf8wSrBLNa0CnJaAqjqGxCDOcA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kjf8wSrBLNa0CnJaAqjqGxCDOcA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kjf8wSrBLNa0CnJaAqjqGxCDOcA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kjf8wSrBLNa0CnJaAqjqGxCDOcA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=eBthyMVqz04:7XWdGm40DFc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=eBthyMVqz04:7XWdGm40DFc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Banterist Brian Sack 2009-10-27T12:53:06-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000667.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/LcWJrmUajTc/000666.html Aware what the apostrophe is for and exactly when its use is called for. Knows not to place all its... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MFD0l9o5u9-Ui96ewh9BG-FIVvE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MFD0l9o5u9-Ui96ewh9BG-FIVvE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MFD0l9o5u9-Ui96ewh9BG-FIVvE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MFD0l9o5u9-Ui96ewh9BG-FIVvE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=LcWJrmUajTc:uv_zthpZgzg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=LcWJrmUajTc:uv_zthpZgzg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> In The News Brian Sack 2009-10-27T08:12:29-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000666.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/CJXHqTZ2MhI/000665.html I'm not a management type by any stretch of the imagination but I think if I was hiring people to... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yAVBg7kwTlXjBCQiWk0xklCNq48/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yAVBg7kwTlXjBCQiWk0xklCNq48/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yAVBg7kwTlXjBCQiWk0xklCNq48/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yAVBg7kwTlXjBCQiWk0xklCNq48/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=CJXHqTZ2MhI:Y0KJ7-IcCkQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=CJXHqTZ2MhI:Y0KJ7-IcCkQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> New York Brian Sack 2009-10-14T20:56:08-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000665.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/gtolJfxp6jY/000664.html A little over 150 years ago a German father decided that there were no good books to read to... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tzxi4Mw7cPczCD2DpgSXh1N8GpA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tzxi4Mw7cPczCD2DpgSXh1N8GpA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tzxi4Mw7cPczCD2DpgSXh1N8GpA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tzxi4Mw7cPczCD2DpgSXh1N8GpA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=gtolJfxp6jY:7Cegg0BqPXg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=gtolJfxp6jY:7Cegg0BqPXg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Reviews Brian Sack 2009-09-25T11:57:51-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000664.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/HdG5HSE7PsE/000663.html Montréal is a great city, filled with tons of naked women dancing. Usually naked women dancing are pushed off into... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qvdxnfz0DOGJaziz-ksozXcffPY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qvdxnfz0DOGJaziz-ksozXcffPY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qvdxnfz0DOGJaziz-ksozXcffPY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qvdxnfz0DOGJaziz-ksozXcffPY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=HdG5HSE7PsE:E7BMjqEmapU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=HdG5HSE7PsE:E7BMjqEmapU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Travel Brian Sack 2009-08-03T11:03:40-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000663.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/u-9POMcsopk/000662.html Longtime reader Mick sent me this Vanity Fair piece by Ted Travelstead wherein he takes on a Nigerian email scammer.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dDL8U2MSAp4KA-7DVDFRFKje__k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dDL8U2MSAp4KA-7DVDFRFKje__k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dDL8U2MSAp4KA-7DVDFRFKje__k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dDL8U2MSAp4KA-7DVDFRFKje__k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=u-9POMcsopk:SA3vLjcngb8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=u-9POMcsopk:SA3vLjcngb8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Internet Brian Sack 2009-07-31T11:00:54-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000662.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/ea9OJD9zsSE/000661.html Vanity Fair editor Mike Sacks, who holds a dear place in my heart because of his efforts to promote... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_2biE3PQFGcPkbYhTIcfHyF0_T8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_2biE3PQFGcPkbYhTIcfHyF0_T8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_2biE3PQFGcPkbYhTIcfHyF0_T8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_2biE3PQFGcPkbYhTIcfHyF0_T8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ea9OJD9zsSE:YH94wtm-79c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=ea9OJD9zsSE:YH94wtm-79c:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Brian Sack 2009-07-30T13:17:20-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000661.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/MFbuE_QuyAo/000659.html An old Banterist post, Facebook in the Fuhrerbunker, made Mashable's Top 5 Funniest Fake Facebook Pages list. This was... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ohk6SYu_exo0lgtJP2_O3x7Vgf8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ohk6SYu_exo0lgtJP2_O3x7Vgf8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ohk6SYu_exo0lgtJP2_O3x7Vgf8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ohk6SYu_exo0lgtJP2_O3x7Vgf8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=MFbuE_QuyAo:hzI2qvBhYwo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=MFbuE_QuyAo:hzI2qvBhYwo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Banterist Brian Sack 2009-07-27T15:11:17-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000659.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/v_pbQvir_ug/000658.html The Canadian premiere of Deposition took place on Thursday, July 23rd at the Just For Laughs film festival, which... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qy-MllUS4xEAeoKMwQe5R_Qq2E4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qy-MllUS4xEAeoKMwQe5R_Qq2E4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qy-MllUS4xEAeoKMwQe5R_Qq2E4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qy-MllUS4xEAeoKMwQe5R_Qq2E4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=v_pbQvir_ug:rxaPtFid9Ik:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=v_pbQvir_ug:rxaPtFid9Ik:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Work Brian Sack 2009-07-27T15:04:17-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000658.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/8Nr0xpRiPPI/000657.html I'm a big fan of the online review service Yelp.com. I've used it countless times to pick, or not pick, a place for dinner. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2ur2LvWLSZHZD2kJDcVTlLDAHlo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2ur2LvWLSZHZD2kJDcVTlLDAHlo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2ur2LvWLSZHZD2kJDcVTlLDAHlo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2ur2LvWLSZHZD2kJDcVTlLDAHlo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=8Nr0xpRiPPI:t_byPWkJ-Es:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=8Nr0xpRiPPI:t_byPWkJ-Es:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> Banterist Brian Sack 2009-07-13T16:49:31-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000657.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Banterist/~3/43FYwS0O_dY/000656.html So, you have the mayor of a city that can't afford it in a state that is bankrupt, spending a fortune on a memorial service for a musician who just a couple weeks ago was pretty much considered a laughing stock by lots of people. Just can't beat it. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dtf3uD1uQgbJcqpSSuNMtdsmgHw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=43FYwS0O_dY:xpf5sCEhmB8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?a=43FYwS0O_dY:xpf5sCEhmB8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Banterist?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> In The News Brian Sack 2009-07-07T14:08:28-05:00 http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000656.html http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifhttp://www.feedburner.com