today i filled in over at Top of the Ticket

which is always a thrill cuz lots of people read it. but also pretty scary cuz lots of people read it. but mostly really fun cuz lots of people read it.

the first few posts are always hard, but then it gets easier, then it gets to the point where i dont wanna stop and theres always lots of topics i can touch.

anyways, here are the posts that i wrote today

Cher: “I don’t know why anyone would want to be a Republican”

Fewer Republicans today find Rush Limbaugh unfavorable than in 2003, says Gallup

Joe Biden optimistic about Iraq: “We are on the 20 yard-line and moving in”

How will you celebrate Ronald Reagan Day?

gotham recognizes gothamist

ive often said that jen chung is the worlds greatest blogger. even though i work with a few who might give her a run for her money in the future, id say that right now shes still the best there is.

it appears the mayor of new york, etc are starting to agree.

Today marks a small step in the acceptance of blogs as legitimate news sources: Mayor Bloomberg took two questions from Gothamist’s Jen Chung during a press conference about a mysterious maple syrup smell. But more than four years after Gothamist first applied for official press credentials, neither Chung nor anybody else associated with the website has received any.

Gothamist is a hugely popular, and highly credible, website. It gets 4.8 million pageviews a month, compared to 1.9 million for the New York Observer and just 15,000 for the Brooklyn Paper — both of which have no difficulty at all getting credentials. – Portfolio

what she and jake have done is even more admirable the more i learn what all of this is.