The prurient pen: An article in Editor & Publisher discusses a recent survey of U.S. newspaper columnists and how they viewed their craft. It came up with some interesting findings:
The University of San Francisco’s J. Michael Robertson unveiled the results of his survey Saturday at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) conference here. [...]

Entering the fray: Apparently, the State of Kentucky’s Commonwealth Office of Technology, which handles the e-mail and Internet access for all state employees, has started blocking access to select Web sites and weblogs. Mainly these have been sites critical of Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
We at Pensito Review are always on the lookout for opportunities to [...]

Quality content, cheap: On the heels of the announcement yesterday about the content-sharing deal struck between the International Herald Tribune, owned by The New York Times, and South Korean news Web site OhMyNews International, the board of directors of Pensito Media Group LLC has decided to make Pensito Review’s content available on the open market. [...]

Heads up: The Yoda-like grammar of the headline of this post is an extreme example of the kind of undumb headlines you, gentle reader, can continue to expect from the crack editorial staff of Pensito Review. Why do we feel compelled to issue a reassuring statement like that to the smart people who visit our [...]

The Koufax Awards are open voting and Pensito Review has been nominated for Best New Blog (thanks Bob!).
You vote by following the link and leaving a comment (only one per voter, and, yes, they can track it) or by sending an email to an address found here.
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If it seems a little quiet around the halls of Pensito Review, it’s because PR Editor Jon — fully one-half of our three-person team — was stricken with an exotic California disease earlier this week.
After first making sure with resident expert PR Editor Buck that what Jon, a vegetarian, has is not bird flu, [...]

Pictured above: Car belonging to friends of PR in NYC
Because we know you care, here’s the weather in the various corners of Pensito Review’s electronic garret:

Buck in South Florida:

Tropical temps: 69 degrees.

Jon in West Hollywood:

A scoosh warm for February – 86 degrees, clear skies, mild winds.

Trish in Northeast Florida:

Brisk 46 degrees but [...]

I’m going to say something that will have my ancestors whirling in their graves, something I never thought I would say, something that even to me seems incomprehensible.
I’m willing to abandon the Democrats. There it is.
I’m tired of wondering if George Bush will have to roast babies in the Rose Garden before anyone who [...]

According to Webalyzer, the web traffic software provided by our hosting service, Pensito Review has had 504,807 readers (translated to Geek: “unique visitors”) since Sept. 1, 2005.
Another number that blows us away is that Webalyzer has recorded 849,659 “page views” over the same period. We’re told this number represents readers who venture beyond the homepage [...]

All we want for Xmas: Bill O’Reilly has updated his media hate list of “defamers,” adding The New Yorker magazine, and once again, Pensito Review ain’t on it. Frankly, the entire editorial staff is damned frustrated.
“I’m puzzled,” said Editor Trish.
“I’m bumfuzzled,” said Editor Jon.
We just don’t get it — we’ve repeatedly slammed and insulted [...]