Posts Tagged as ‘Bill Simmons’

21 October 2009

Trivial Links: The best reads from our recent spell of apathetic blogging.

All Categories Trivial Links
Written by Nathan Mattise
Unfortunately, it’s been awhile since we’ve posted (anything, period.) here at In Pursuit of the Trivial. It’s been even longer since our last consistent Trivial Links run. To commemorate the return to normalcy, here’s a smorgasbord of the best reads that span a variety of Trivial topics…

The famed Malcolm [...]

11 August 2009

Another tale of an unanswered message to celebrity.

Science & Nature Essay
Written by Nathan Mattise

Yesterday I finally gave in to the what I perceived as the most pathetic ‘net trend around.
It wasn’t entry to a complicated Facebook relationship. I didn’t post self-taken photos  from an above/right angle on my MySpace. My AIM away messages aren’t currently littered with coded messages expressing angst, [...]

16 March 2009

“On Journalism,” from some unlikely (yet some of my favorite) journalists.

History Column
Written by Nathan Mattise
I went to school for journalism and I’m a future wannabe journalist. I know this stuff interests me more than most but when rumors of some publications with Cheers status (c’mon – everyone knows their name? Too much?) closing starts to spread, everyone begins paying attention. That’s why I wasn’t shocked [...]