STONYHEAD MANOR, March 10 -- In what many are hailing as an important contribution to the newly popular pastime of "blogging," an idle comment by local resident Shannon Burns reminded critically acclaimed humorist David Eisner that he had forgotten to post a link to an entertaining Washington Post column from the previous morning's newspaper.
Citing an article from the January/February 2004 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, Ms. Burns expressed her surprise upon learning that Hispanics had surpassed African-Americans as the most numerous minority in the United States. While already familiar with the statistic, the citation helped Mr. Eisner recall that week's Magazine Reader column in the Washington Post, in which Peter Carlson critiqued the "Jose, Can You See?" cover story in the March/April Foreign Policy magazine.
"I had intended to post a link to that in my blog, but then I forgot," Mr. Eisner commented in an interview tonight. "Later that day, on the way to the bathroom at work, I remembered the column again, and I tried to remember to remind myself to post the link when I was back at the computer. I've been posting a lot of links lately, and not a lot of original content, but I thought it was better than not posting anything at all. It's funny, though, because that's what almost happened. Until Shannon read that article."
Ms. Burns was unavailable for comment.
Posted by cradle at March 10, 2004 10:19 PMDavid Eisner's column is made from people!!! FROM PEOPLE!!!
Posted by: Brooke at March 11, 2004 07:24 AMI am now availible for comments.
http://www.seeingblack.com/x071202/wegotjokes071202.shtml
I know that this happened two years ago, so I wonder if Bush will now ask heads of states if they have Mexicans too.
Posted by: Ms. Burns at March 11, 2004 11:24 PMHe then went on to prove that black is white, and got killed in the next zebra crossing.
Posted by: cliff at March 12, 2004 05:31 PM