Business Week Hawks a Loogie My Way

Oh my God. I've been cited in an article about blogs and marketing. And I take umbrage with being "analyzed" as a baby-boomer, thank you very much. I dodged that bullet by about five years.

And I intend to use the word "grok" in every sentence from now on, since it's so "male."

Glahh! Slime!

Comments

[giddy]

Don't worry about the middle-aged comment; that guy clearly doesn't go for accuracy: First he compliments the techie for spelling "discrepancy" correctly when in fact it was misspelled (talk about a discrepancy), and then he goes on misspell "mother lode" in the next sentence....
He probably doesn't know how old baby boomers are either!

[giddy]

(yes I'm a geek for knowing not only how to spell those words but especially for knowing how to spell misspell)

['mouse]

U Rok!

[jo]

At least my big pink satin ass is featured prominently under the post in question. Heh. Think that's how he figured out my demographic?

[Ms. Jane]

You always call yourself middle-aged whenever you refer to your age here. I'm thinking that's how you got analyzed as such.

On to the more important stuff: DUDE!!! YOU'RE A STAR!!!!

[badgerbag]

I'm middle aged! Almost a crone.

[jo]

Well, but there's no way that guy is a member of the Robot Army, right? I mean, I don't think I've called myself middle-aged for a while. Maybe he's right, that my complaints are age and demographic-related.

I don't object to middle-aged, actually. Just "Baby Boomer." Gah!

[Ms. Jane]

But he doesn't call you a baby boomer. And you do mention going to Grace's Menopause Hut.

But the point is: YOU'RE A STAR!!!

[elswhere]

Me too! I object! I'm Generation X and proud.

Hey, think there'll be media coverage of us Xers as we slouch towards retirement the way there is of the boomers?

[GraceD]

Jo, the combination of you and Business Week is like Donald Trump and Hip Mama magazine.

Middle aged? I can tell you about middle aged.

Oh, and the Hut is open for business today. But it's mine, mine, mine tomorrow, my mid century mark.

[Ms. Jane]

Of course not! Nothing will ever compare to the BOOMERS (except their kids). <> <>

[Ms. Jane]

Happy Birthday, my dearest Gracie!

[e]

You are not middle aged. I am middle aged so I know. And I wondered about that discrepency thing, I figured somehow I'd been spelling it wrong all along and I usually don't do that. You tend to lose your confidence, if not your marbles, when you're midddle aged like me. But not you.

Don't you love the closer on the piece? Even if you're wrong you're right? Seems to me the guy just admitted that what he's saying is nonsense.

[Keith]

Fame! Just in time for the writer's conference!

"Hey, aren't you that middle-aged woman who groks? The one with the pink pants?"

Just kidding.

I've invited Stephen and Heather out for drinks. This was your post where I said belligerent father-in-laws were sometimes fed to livestock, and I'm sure they're going to want to see some empirical data before they do a write-up about me.

[steve baker]

Hey, I'm sorry if I got your age wrong. I was just trying to do what the computer program would do, and I took it from the comment about that restaurant. But as I mention down below, the program will make plenty of mistakes based on things like that.
Very embarrassed about discrepancy. I actually posted that story to come out early this a.m. (to get the Friday date), and a version went out on Thursday. That's my excuse for not proofreading. As for motherload, I thought I had that one right.

[jo]

Hi steve! Sorry I called your article "slime."

[badgerbag]

What? Isn't it "motherlode"?

[steve baker]

Here is is, two words. looked it up:

mother lode
n.
The main vein of ore in a region.
An abundant or rich source: “the kind... who makes Boston the mother lode of advance men” (David Nyhan).

[e]

Isn't is a shame they killed all the copyeditors?