On The Turning Away

The Guardian reported that BBC is launching an ad-supported website by first quarter next year. The website will feature “still ads”, appearing in the middle of online articles. There were no plans for pop-up or banner ads, the most common advertising formats for online publications.

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Between football and tennis, you would hardly have time for anything else. Unless, of course, you’re fighting for blog obsession.

How about a ride to Graceland on Air Force One? Or a more mundane version of hitting the road to…scène à faire.

In some privileged corners, a romantic notion of the unconscious, effortless grace holds sway. Elsewhere, the proletariat lunge for everything, including political office.

It’s time for “course correcting”, exhorted Arianna, of Huffington Post, after being enraptured by presidential hopeful Senator Joe Biden’s “I’d rather be humping” declaration at a rally of young supporters.
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What a perfect start to the last working day of June. Bright and a cool 68 degrees Fahrenheit. A blogosphere equivalent is an andecdote about the famed British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard (née Straussler).

Courtesy of NRO - When Tom Stoppard was a young man, reports the Sunday Telegraph, he wanted a job at the London Evening Standard. The editor, Charles Wintour, a chilly Fleet Street veteran, quizzed him sternly: “I gather you’re interested in politics,” said Wintour. “Who’s the Home Secretary?” “Look,” blustered Stoppard, “I said I was interested, not obsessed.”