Slog - Comments on WTFday http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday I suppose I could get up off my ass and turn off the radio... but... I'm doing the NYT crossword puzzle right now... It looks like they ate that pan of brownies I sent over to the KUOW studios. The local morning show, Weekday, is doing a whole hour on nicknames. Host Steve Scher wants to know "how you got your nickname, and how it affected your life," and folks are calling in to tell us how they got their nicknames and how their nicknames affected their lives. Online dictionaries should include an MP3 of this mornings weekday next to... Copyright 2008 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:20:28 -0800 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:52:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cato the Younger Younger My cute nickname is "Blood drenched, psycopathic freakazoid murderous dude". Gee, mom really was a sweet little lady!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769754 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:33:03 -0800 Comment by bma I still can't believe that Steve Scher has a job...

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769755 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:33:15 -0800 Comment by BallardDan Today's show's topic may be inane, but nothing beats the inanity(?) of their Friday shows, where several self-important journalists spend an hour talking about nothing...yet you get the impression that they really think they're talking about something.

]]> BallardDan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769758 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769758 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:35:13 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Hey Dan... Hour Two of Weekday will include the status of Army Recruiting in Seattle. Maybe you can call in and tell them how well your war is going. And when your son will enlist.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769769 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:42:25 -0800 Comment by steve Holy shit, DOUG.
Do you really think enough people give a shit about what Dan Savage says that he was the one to push this administration into war? If not, do just spend all day trolling blogs of former war supporters making similar comments?
I hope you're not so unpleasant in person.

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769773 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:48:54 -0800 Comment by EXTC The liberal editor of the liberal New Yorker, a slightly more influential rag than the Stranger, was for the war too:

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/02/03/030203ta_talk_remnick

Go get 'im, Doug!

]]> EXTC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769785 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:55:36 -0800 Comment by Fnarf My nickname is Fnarf. It was given to me by Rob Morgan, maestro of The Fishsticks, The Pudz, and The Mighty Squirrels, in the front room of the Madhouse in the spring of 1978. It has affected my life by making everything about me SUPER AWESOME.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769795 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:03:02 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC The less said about Becoming Boomer, the better.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769798 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:06:49 -0800 Comment by Gitai Dude, if you really wanted to look into it, you'd see that Weekday and The Conversation have about one worthwhile topic every other week, and the rest of the time are just inane.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769803 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:14:21 -0800 Comment by Big_K I'm fat. 'nuff said.

]]> Big_K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769804 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:14:35 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz god gave me mines.

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769808 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769808 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:17:35 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt My mom's nickname was Lolly. My uncle's nickname was Kip b/c he was born on Yom Kippur. We're not Jewish, though. I have no nickname, although my twin brother and I are always referred to in the family as "the boys" even though we're in our 30s.

Oh, and Doug? Lots of good people supported this war b/c of the lies coming out of the administration. Don't fault them. Blame the people who *are* to blame. Namely, those in the Bush administration.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769811 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:19:54 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Since my last name is Poe, nicknames like Poser and Po-Po were mandatory. Once college came around and there were, um, 5,000 Josh's, people started calling me Poe because there were just too many Josh's. It stuck. Meh. I hated that name anyway. Now only the family uses it. But I never talk to my family, so...yeah.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769818 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:27:46 -0800 Comment by Joey the Girl Joey is my nickname, and no one here would ever guess my real name.

]]> Joey the Girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769829 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:43:43 -0800 Comment by Leeerker Considering that Savage Love started with "Hey Faggot" at the beginning of every letter for a long time, does that make Faggot one of Dan's nicknames? Or is that only for conservative idiots who talk about him?

]]> Leeerker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769835 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:55:01 -0800 Comment by DOUG. @12: Those were the lies told by a four-year-old -- easily disproved for those paying attention. If Dan wants to criticize KUOW and Steve Scher for "inane" content, perhaps he should look at his own track record as a player in the local media.

Here's some interesting viewing circa 2003:
Dan Savage on KCTS Connects

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769844 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769844 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:04:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle My nickname is Will. Until I was ten, I was called by my second middle name (my youngest brother was using my first middle name). Technically, it ain't a nickname, since it's my first name, but there you are.

Previously, my nickname was Sargeant. Because if you called me by a nickname, that was my rank, and you were in for a world of hurt. ;-)

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769872 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:43:51 -0800 Comment by Bubba BaBoom this was a really inane segment on NPR a few weeks ago. some loser with way too much free time on his hands wrote a book or something. he's outraged at the present state of nicknamery in our society.

why would they steal such a lame idea?

]]> Bubba BaBoom http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769874 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769874 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:45:06 -0800 Comment by brad could someone shed some light as to why kuow is an enemy of slog? then i can read this story from the correct perspective. thanks.

]]> brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769904 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:11:57 -0800 Comment by kid icarus @19 You know, that question gets asked pretty frequently, but I've never seen anyone actually answer it. Does anyone know??? This seems to be some seriously archaic Slog trivia.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769927 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:29:57 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes My nickname is actually Douchebag, so when somebody calls me that, it makes it more of a "yeah, so?" moment than an "oh, yeah?" incident.

Strangely, I picked the name, but it was purely for business purposes. If you want an actual nickname, we'd have to go back to when I played bass drum in the high school band and was dubbed Big Red Boom Boom.

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769942 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769942 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:45:43 -0800 Comment by longball i was dubbed "Longball" by my friends in college, not for any abnormal anatomy, but for my prowess at scoring goals from the defensemen in foosball. I cannot describe the effect this nickname has had on my life.

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769950 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769950 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:58:23 -0800 Comment by Hater I cringe every time I hear Steve Scher's voice because he is inane and embarrassingly ignorant. And I heard this morning that the show won an journalism award... Really, that's journalism? Who knew?

]]> Hater http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769982 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c769982 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:36:20 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage KUOW knows what she did, and that's all I'm ever going to say about it.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770004 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:05:01 -0800 Comment by Clint Would you please send a pan of brownies to my house? I'll talk to myself about whatever you would like.

]]> Clint http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770068 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:01:30 -0800 Comment by Joey the GIrl Well crap, if Dan's not going to spill - does anyone else know?

]]> Joey the GIrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770069 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:01:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf She left the toilet seat down. Bitch.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770073 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770073 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:06:31 -0800 Comment by kid icarus What Joey the Girl said.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770075 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:07:03 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Dammit I thought if anyone would know, it'd be Fnarf.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770084 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:10:38 -0800 Comment by elrider Does it have anything to do with Sage Van Wing?

]]> elrider http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770091 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:20:15 -0800 Comment by hey Not a fan of the Friday afternoon blah blah. I've only listened to it 2-3 times and stopped when I realized that it was the same people every time. Why not mix it up a bit? These folks aren't even funny. How about someone funny? If it were the same funny person over and over, that would be better.

]]> hey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770114 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:49:58 -0800 Comment by aerosol I missed this fascinating show, but can anyone tell me if a caller asked Steve if he's ever been given the nickname "Journalist," and if so, how he thinks they came up with that?

]]> aerosol http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wtfday#c770116 Media Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:52:40 -0800