someone from grand forks tweets at me:
@max_read she's such a trooper - the week after her cancer diagnosis she reviewed Altru Hospital's room service #eatbeat
― max, Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Is it OK to still think this is funny then?
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah
― max, Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
its a gentle, loving mockery
That is actually amazing.
― the Hilary Clinton of Ghostface Killahs (Phil D.), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
guys guys guys... what if she's actually trolling us w this article?
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
I think she is.
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-165736373/grand-forks-herald-n.html
― Eric H., Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
"The big soft shell at first glance reminded me of lefse"
― Eric H., Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
and yes — several black olives
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
Gawker is on it. Not via max but anyway:
http://gawker.com/5891587/grand-forks-olive-garden-receives-positive-review
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
i can't even
― goole, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Only time will tell if the still-too-new OG will rise to the top of the list: http://www.urbanspoon.com/lb/152/best-restaurants-Grand-Forks
― Eric H., Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
SHE SPEAKS!
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2012/03/olive_garden_review_marilyn_hegarty.php
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Your Olive Garden review has been getting a lot of attention on the Internet.Yeah, I don't get it.
Yeah, I don't get it.
Hero.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
I may sound a little on the defensive to you today because of the emails I've received. One was kind of snotty. But the other four or five were kind of friendly. But my daughter tells me I should go on Facebook and read all this crap. And I do not have time to let myself be bothered or read all that stuff. I have a Sunday column I'm doing now about a completely different subject. I don't have time to sit here and twit over whether some self-styled food expert likes, or does not like, my column. The publisher likes it.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
I don't care whether they are or not. If anyone's got time to sit out there and nitpick, I kind of feel sorry for them. Get a life.
― goole, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
glad the internet could get its shit together on a thursday to laugh and point at an old lady for doing her job
― wham city bitch, wham wham city bitch (some dude) (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
She told everyone where to get the fuck off, and provided perfect context for it all as well. Any laughing I was doing earlier is rightly erased because she just pwned the world.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Yo Whiney it didn't make it into the VV piece linked above but she also a hella Community fan.
― the Hilary Clinton of Ghostface Killahs (Phil D.), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
Hahahah
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
under 16,000 views on gawkerabout 150 likes on the gawker article on facebookshe's received six e-mails
i thought the internet was bigger than this
― da croupier, Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
I like marilyn hagerty
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
She seems like a cool lady
― polyphonic, Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Small towns do their own thing, I'm down with Marilyn.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Also, tbf I had to write stuff that I myself would probably make fun of when I worked at a community newspaper.
― simulation and similac (Hurting 2), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't checked lately because I'm in the middle of writing a Sunday column, and I hit the wrong key, and it flew away, and so I had to start all over again.
classic
― simulation and similac (Hurting 2), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
― da croupier, Thursday, March 8, 2012 2:04 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
well i mean, think about how many times you've clicked on a 'funny link,' or shared it w/ people you know, and out of all those times how often you've decided to personally e-mail the person the funny story is by/about
― HalfNelson (some dude), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
who the hell sends an email just to say 'pathetic'?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
can you imagine what the internet will be capable of when we're all her age?
its terrifying.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 8 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
I was just thinking of what's going to take the place of Olive Garden by then.
― pplains, Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
cyber olive garden 2 point infinity
― max, Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
OLIVE GREEN IS MADE OF PEOPLE
― da croupier, Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
mama...she loves the soylent garden
― da croupier, Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
A good comment from elsewhere:
When you read Marilyn’s review, try reading it in your head in the voice of actor Sam Elliott.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
exactly
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
If anyone's got time to sit out there and nitpick, I kind of feel sorry for them. Get a life.
Surely this is an impending board description.
― Trying To Do A ‘Gotcha’ Moment (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/marilyn-hagerty-olive-garden_n_1332753.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Not that the Grand Forks Olive Garden is resting on its laurels. When we asked to speak to the location's general manager, Donald Szutenbach, we were told he was in Italy, training at the brand's Culinary Institute of Tuscany.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
when did the onion switch to a paid content model, that is fucking ridiculous
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Ages ago! And yes.
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
the onion's whole website is shit now unfortunately
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 9 March 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
:D
Marilyn takes America by viral storm
And there's video!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 March 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
The NY Daily News ran an item yesterday about the danger of illegally imported beauty products that contain mercury. This part struck me as Onion-ish:
Here are some ways to tell if your products contain mercury.
Check the label for “mercurous chloride,” “calomel,” “mercuric,” “mercurio” or “mercury.” If you find any of those ingredients in your products, discard them immediately in a plastic bag or leak-proof container.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/mercury-found-lotions-cosmetics-fda-products-sold-ethnic-neighborhoods-online-article-1.1034686#ixzz1odgfzcsd
― Josefa, Friday, 9 March 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
<3 guilelessness, <3 Marilyn
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Friday, 9 March 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
"The website postings were because residents of more metropolitan areas found it amusing that a chain restaurant would be reviewed. In larger markets, newspaper reviews are reserved for exclusive, high-end eateries that offer fine dining"
― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Friday, 9 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
seriously:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/28/stuart-pearce-making-plans-england
― the pinefox, Thursday, 29 March 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/defense-hazing-article-1.1059984
― s.clover, Monday, 16 April 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://gma.yahoo.com/k-e-diet-brides-using-feeding-tubes-rapidly-080053646--abc-news-health.html
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
between this and the tupac hologram, what year am I living in?
― dayo, Monday, 16 April 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://queenanne.komonews.com/news/crime/739963-police-gun-pulled-following-poorly-attended-ska-show-queen-anne
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
we must stop this ska-on-ska violence.
― kate78, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 05:42 (twelve years ago) link