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33 Responses to “Thought of the Day”

1. Grand Moff Texan Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

   Isn’t it about time to drag out the whole “Thanksgiving = triumph of capitalism” thingy?
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2. sam Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

   I remember the article, and it was good.

3. scythia Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

   I thought abstracts were supposed to be shorter than the articles they summarize.

4. beowulf Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

   Hmm, I wonder if its an omission from the original article or just the abstract, the single most famous anecdote concerning Ms. Pressley, “On the December 10, 2001 episode of the Howard Stern Radio Show, when describing Howard’s not-so-great looks, she said “You got slapped by the ‘jew stick.’.”
   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005326/bio

5. LaFollette Progressive Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

   “I thought abstracts were supposed to be shorter than the articles they summarize.”

   Yes, this is probably the longest and most stilted “abstract” I’ve ever seen outside the realm of Japanese biochemistry journals.

   But it’s pretty damn funny, which I assume is the point.

6. MY strikes again Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

   Crazy — like Sam, I too remember reading that article 5 years ago. It was fascinating, and it stuck with me.

7. Adam Villani Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

   If she’s concerned about people misspelling her name, maybe she could spell her own name correctly.

   Jaime is a Spanish male name and is pronounced “Hai-meh.”

   If she wants the sexually indeterminate name pronounced “Jamey,” she should spell it “Jamie.”

8. blah Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

   I remember when she appeared in Playboy.

9. rupert Says:
   November 25th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

   I don’t know about the Jaime business, but she ought to spell her last name the same way Elvis did.

10. fumphis Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Presumably Jaime is a (rather flighty) rendition of the French “j’aime.”

11. CJColucci Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    And why, pray tell, would MY be fascinated by an article about a person who complains about mis-spellings?

12. Kyle Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    5 years since I read that thing. Jesus.

    Best part: at the media launch for the lingerie line, the big banner spelled Pressly’s name “Presley” and the reporter caught her saying something like “Christ, it lacked only this.” That’s what stayed with me for my half-decade of post-Pressly article living.

    Not to CJColucci: good one.

13. The Pop View Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    I’ve long been a fan of Jaime Pressly and have felt she’s not gotten what she deserves. Of course, since the New Yorker profile, she’s spent three years on My Name Is Earl. Hopefully, she get other opportunities in the future, as she’s a fine comic actress.

14. Nylund Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    That was not an abstract. It was a nice little mini-article, but not an abstract. At least as I am familiar with the concept in academia.

    I’ve known who she was ever since I was a sex-crazed teenage boy who watched all the Poison Ivy fills many times over. And I think I was one of the few people who actually watched Jack & Jill. Although there is something reptilian about her that is off-putting.

    The New Yorker is amazing. I cannot name any other magazine where I routinely get sucked into reading incredibly long articles about seemingly boring topics purely on the strength of how well it was written.

    I have no doubt that the New Yorker could publish a 15 page article on growing grass and I’d probably read it in a single sitting and be absolutely fascinated the entire time.

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