Had to do a double-take just now. I thought for a second I had called up Will Folks’ blog by mistake.
Right there on the main page of thestate.com, I saw a toothsome (to use Kathryn’s word), topless siren giving me the old “come-hither.”
I’m not quite sure what to make of it. At least she’s not taking up Page 3 in the actual paper.
What do y’all think of it?
And what do you think of a blog that’s getting ready to sell ads posting something like this? Insupportable, as Mr. Darcy would say…
Bonus question: Isn’t it passing strange that increasingly, in the pictures in the “swimsuit” issue, the models don’t exactly wear the swimsuits?
The State has to do something, word on the street is they’re weeks from bankruptcy. I doubt Columbia will have a daily paper this time next year.
Hmmm. Walter…
Whenever I donate blood, one of the gazillion questions they ask me is whether I have donated blood under another name.
In that vein (a little blood humor there — very little), I need to ask: Walter, have you commented here under another name? Such as, say, “Bill?” I ask because that Bill has said what you just said quite a few times, almost word for word…
Brad–It’s just a European-style suit–top optional.She’s wearing it…
Now exactly why you guys find it so much more titillating that she is failing to wear a few cm of fabric beats me, but I guess I find photos of food (See The Shop Tart) more enticing.
Paranoia is one of the early signs of psychosis. Maybe Bill is hearing the same things I’m hearing, as are many others that I’ve talked to when the subject comes up. Maybe you have reports to dispute this rumor. How about doing a piece on how your old employer is doing financially, I’m sure you have some inside sources still there. It’s not just The State, as you know way too well, print media is on life support and the emergency generator is about out of fuel.
An attractive young lady in a swimsuit. Horrifying.
I spoke at length with Brad Monday afternoon and he is neither paranoid nor psychotic, I assure you–although he does give off a vaguely Dexter-like vibe with the neat and tidy dressing….
Although I have not purchased the SI swimsuit issue (nor any other issue), I do think it’s cool and definitely of note that swimsuits by Marysia Reeves, last year’s Charleston Fashion Week emerging designer competition winner, are featured in the magazine. One is worn by Bar Rafaeli. Half of another one is worn by Brooklyn Decker, a Charlotte native. Go, Marysia!
Brad – re: Walter
Maybe you could get some technical insights from Daniel Cassidy who does the “Sunlit Uplands.” He was able to track some bothersome posters’ URLs … IPs … whatever you call those things – all the way to the UK.
Walter doesn’t strike me as a local – but maybe he just can’t get his name in the paper anymore. Gosh, that could make any reasonable person want the whole enterprise to go belly up.
Cheers!
Yay, Local Talent Made Good!
Gosh Beav, I wonder if HP can tell us about IP spoofing, dynamic IP addresses and all those other computer thingies. I’ve forgot more about network security than you’ve ever thought of or read. Then comes the next step of trying to get an internet provider to give you information on their subscribers just for asking (and without a subpoena). What if I’m feeding off a neighbor’s wireless network, or maybe sitting at McDonalds or next to Brad at Starbucks or watching him at his favorite library, Barnes & Nobles.
HP, I hate to spoil your little flash of genius, but I am local. Been “local” for around 20 years.
Cue Beavis and Butthead:
“She said ‘titillating.’ Huh-huh. Huh, huh, huh…”