http://prrag.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:47:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kinda brings a whole new meaning to the term "fast women," but Iowa native Lori, "LoLo" Jones, 26, is making a huge splash in the women's hurdles in Beijing. She's also unbelievability gorgeous. She stumbled on the second-to-last hurdle in the Women's 100m event and lost her chance at a medal in ... http://prrag.com/2008/08/19/lolo-jones-is-the-hottest-living-female-athete/ Something amazing happened. Blast has managed to rally both the hordes of Twlight fangirls, fanmoms and crazy fanboys and the pointedly anit-Twlight crowd in one day. I don't have a strong opinion either way, but it's amazing to read all the responses we're getting to both our several Twilight features and ... http://prrag.com/2008/08/18/this-whole-thing-about-twilight/ On this day, ten years ago, President Clinton admitted, in a live nationwide television broadcast, that he had an inappropriate relationship with a White House intern. It's amazing how far we've come... http://prrag.com/2008/08/17/this-day-in-clinton-history/ At least we're funny http://prrag.com/2008/08/14/more-of-our-ace-olympics-coverage/ I walked into the For Eyes Optical in Norwood the other day. I used to go to the one on Newbury Street in Boston ... I was friendly with the girl that worked there. She's a few years older than me and real down to earth with that North Shore accent ... http://prrag.com/2008/08/10/i-just-want-my-contacts/ Blast Magazine has three (3) sports blogs: PSA, This is God Given, and Off the Record. None of them are covering the Olympics. In fact, the only serious coverage Blast has given the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing consisted of the three pieces I did on the American that was killed Saturday. And ... http://prrag.com/2008/08/10/yeah-yeah-we-just-arent-covering-the-olympics/ It seems like whenever I blog about, speak about or read a Kevin Cullen column, I write, say or think to myself, "man, this is his best one yet." It will be hard to top this. http://prrag.com/2008/08/09/kevin-cullen-the-end-of-rakans-war/ Blast recently awarded the Atari-published game N+ the best handheld game of E3. The game's developer, SilverBirch Studios, put out a press release thanking us and GamingExcellence, which gave N+ an award for best PSP game. "This is obviously a great honor for us," said Wojtek Kawczynski, Senior Vice President, SilverBirch Studios. ... http://prrag.com/2008/08/08/n-game-developer-mentions-blast/ Last night marked my 300th published news story with just over 270 of them in The Boston Globe. The majority of these have come this year. It's still just as exciting to see my work in the Globe as it was when I worked my way up from obituaries as a ... http://prrag.com/2008/07/30/300-and-counting/ There was no E3 sketchbook on Penny Arcade this year. There needed not be an E3 sketchbook, because the webcomic geniuses at PA summed up the entire three and a half days in one simple comic. And then they finished the job in their single E3 blog post:No doubt the proprietors of ... http://prrag.com/2008/07/27/e3-2008-penny-arcade-nailed-it/