I totally missed out on the kick-off party for Open Source Media (formerly Pajamas Media). I was told by e-mail that I would be receiving a physical invite, but I never got it. Maybe they have my address wrong (I better make sure that’s corrected before they start mailing checks). Then, I found out about the name change to Open Source Media secondhand from an e-mail from one of my co-bloggers.
BTW, I get the idea of the name: open source software lets you see the code so you can determine its worth for yourself and thus Open Source Media lets you see where stories are coming from and the biases of the author so you can make your own judgment. The only problem is that open source software is free, and free stuff makes me think of Communism.
Anyway, though I feel a little in the dark, IMAO is part of OSM and we will do all we can to get some of that sweet blogging money. Now, you may be wondering how will IMAO’s involvement with OSM change this blog. I assure you, the changes will be superficial, but, here they are:
STEPS TAKEN TO MAKE IMAO COMPLIANT WITH OSM REGULATIONS
* As it is the official position of OSM that monkeys are fun and mischievous, I am no longer allowed to publicly hate them.
* Laurence Simon has been kicked off of OSM since they don’t allow Jews.
* Since Glenn Reynolds is on the OSM Editorial Advisory Board, I am no longer allowed to ridicule him and must accept his blending of puppies as an appropriate alternative lifestyle.
* Since we’re supposed to add original reporting, no more ripping stuff off the AP wire and pretending it’s something I saw happen on the street in front of my house.
* I need to eventually write an essay on how much I love Corn… the David variety. I am also not allowed to reveal the location of the Insane Asylum that houses The Nation’s editorial board, nor am I able to continue making statements about The Nation like “If the writers improved their craft a bit and were less paranoid, they could be posters on Democratic Underground.”
* In the middle of our podcasts must now be a 15 minute bass solo by Charles Johnson.
* Product placements need to be worked into our posts just like how Mountain Dew has worked in a sour kick to it’s new Mountain Dew Pitch Black II. That’s Mountain Dew Pitch Black II – It’s grape-eriffic!
* I must always be pictured wearing a hat like Roger L. Simon. Hatlessness will not be tolerated.
* OSM critic Ann Althouse must be publicly slandered, that meddlesome harlot!
* I am now required to at least attempt to proofread.
Now watch out, MSM, because IMAO is part of OSM!
How do you hook up with these guys anyway? Surely I don’t have to wait for an unsolicited invitation! I am not exactly famous, and my blog only gets about 5 hits a day. Nevertheless, I am clearly an undiscovered genius and should be invited to the party.
So, I tried to knock on their door politely, but it looks like they only want you to talk to their advertising guys. And email sucks anyway– mine would only look like spam to them.
Advertising, eh? Well, if “open source” implies transparency, at least they are that. I already miss the pajama thing though, it was kinda cute.
I just started blogging last week and I’m appalled no one’s heard of me yet. They should be knocking down my door… TO ASK ME TO QUIT BLOGGING.
“* Laurence Simon has been kicked off of OSM since they don’t allow Jews.”
It’s all that Christian bastard Roger Simon’s doing!!!!!!
Russ
I believe I am the only person to be on 2 different OSM sites.
Of course, I also believe that Jesus is not the Messiah, God doesn’t want you to eat bacon, and that we should use a lunar-based calendar so take all this with a grain of salt.
Just want to make sure that I have this right, Laurence. Take bacon with a grain of salt? Isn’t bacon salty enough already?
I thought they would need Laurence to explain how world events are actually perpetuated by the Zionist Conspiracy.
At least, that’s what I told Spacemonkey.
OSM, eh whatever. Like we need another “group of egotistical look-at-me-I-am-big-time-blogger-pretending-to-report-the-news” around here. Sell outs. (Present company excluded, of course!!!)
And someone PLEASE tell me what the blender puppy references I see all over the blogosphere means in regards to Glenn Reynolds!
And someone PLEASE tell me what the blender puppy references I see all over the blogosphere means in regards to Glenn Reynolds!
They refer to a several-years-old absolutely slanderous but very funny piece that Frank J. wrote, explaining how Professor Reynolds found the energy to update his blog so frequently while simultaneously clouding the minds of law students at the University of Tennessee.
Here is a link to the original puppy blender piece:
http://www.imao.us/archives/000567.html
“* Laurence Simon has been kicked off of OSM since they don’t allow Jews.”
I thought every successful business venture needed at least one Jew.
ooooh thank you.
ha. some of your google ads are about Jewish stuff. Jew Betcha, LOL.
I’m just looking for a third OSM blog to join… wait… technically, I still have authorship rights at Protein Wisdom… HAH! THREE OSM BLOGS! I AM THE MAN!
Just couldn’t find the right peek-a-boo babydoll to wear?