Posts Tagged “philadelphia”
Since when did the WSJ become Gawker?
by tom acox on August 2, 2011
The thing I hate the most in journalism is when ‘writers’ make war analogies about sports or politics. The thing I hate second most are invented premises based on little to no evidence or some sort of too cute mixed (…)
Unsettling Medical Statistics of the Day
by tom acox on May 19, 2011
Imagine if 95% of people didn’t know they had… Via Philly.com Celiac is an autoimmune disease that afflicts about one in every 133 Americans. But an estimated 95 percent of people who have the disease are either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. (…)
ME in the news. Sort of. Happy Bday PW!
by tom acox on May 12, 2011
Philadelphia Weekly recently put out a 40th Anniversary Issue. A very interesting read on the changing times of Philadelphia, the evolution of newspapers, and the print/media/revenue struggle. But the best article by far… PW’s Most Memorable Interns: What’s the worst thing you were ever (…)
My New eBook, Got Junk?, is on Amazon!
by tom acox on April 27, 2011
You can download my eBook, Got Junk? here or by clicking the original cover below. The book recounts my real life job working in Philadelphia for the biggest junk hauling company in the world (yes, they’re global). The idea was to (…)