You might have to wait until spring to find a parent interested in hanging outside?

Wow. From the school newspaper site, there's an interview with Jones from after his tenure was denied. I'm surprised the debunker guy doesn't use anything from that on his website -- Jones comes across as fairly nuts. Very "Power to the People," and saying that he's not strong enough for non-violence, and has no faith in society, and he's dedicating his life to the Revolution and doesn't expect to be alive in five or ten years.

Comments in the Chicago Tribune on the Chapter 11 filing included this:

Just the other day I wrote a research paper on Media Ownership with a primary focus on Mr. Zell and the Tribune Co. To stumble upon this news just days after writing about how I felt his business plan/model would be great for the company, makes me heartbroken. As a student of Loyola University-Chicago's School of Communications, the worry I feel about graduating and seeking a job is stress beyond belief. I sincerely hope the job market for current journalists and students interested in the profession, increase and the worry about repaying my student debt won’t be in vain.

Oh, dear.

About half of the comments were people bitching about the format change and/or the paper being too liberal. Seriously? No one thinks the fact that Zell & Co borrowed more to buy the company than they could pay back might have more to do with the situation?

Also pretty much claims that Jews control wikipedia.

Really? Kudos, Jews.

billytea, have you put this on your Christmas list? [link]

Non Tribune [link]

So, anyone know if this Sophie Renwick person has any knowledge of what goth clubs are like, or if she's just going to make up Darque and Deviant details?

Can't find anything about her, other than this one other PubMarketplace listing from earlier this year:

Sophie Renwick's HOT IN HERE, in which the kitchen heats up as a playboy celebrity chef who is about to lose everything tries to repair his image by dating his "safe" best friend in this fun, hot romance, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL

A writing board says that Sophie Renwick is a pen name for author Charlotte Featherstone which would explain the lack of information.

billytea, have you put this on your Christmas list? [link]

Oh, wow. I have not, and given the prices they talk about, I'm unlikely to. (Plus, an animal named after you? Very cool. Having to pay for it? Not as cool, and possibly smacking a little of desperation. Rather like losing one's virginity in this regard.)

I am, in fact, pondering putting a proper university-standard biology textbook on my Christmas list, to have something to read before going to sleep. And the Battlestar Galactica boardgame, which sounds like it would be incredible fun with the right people.

Can't find anything about her, other than this one other PubMarketplace listing from earlier this year:

Didn't Amy say she knew her?

ETA: No wait, she said she knows the editor who bought it.

Charlotte Featherstone is also clearly a pen name. I mean, right?

Given that she writes ero-rom, probably. At least it's fairly innocuous, all things considered.