Slog - Comments on This Just In http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9 We just received this mysterious envelope in the mail--you'll note that there is no return address, that the stamp is upside down, and that addressee ("Assignment Editor") is not a position anyone at The Stranger holds. The enclosed material is a white sheet of paper with a few words in the middle (I zoomed in):... Copyright 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:10:54 -0800 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:05:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by LUV upside-down stamp is the universal message that the sender loves you...

]]> LUV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987189 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987189 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:11:36 -0800 Comment by adrian i'd have a heart attack if they DID pay them. in fact, i'm pretty sure you have to PAY to write FOR them. for the rest. of your. LIFE.

]]> adrian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987197 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:17:01 -0800 Comment by April Fools? Why did this letter "just" arrive when it was mailed last Thursday in Seattle? In city mail usually takes one day to arrive.

]]> April Fools? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987204 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:21:09 -0800 Comment by six shooter Does SGN pay any of its writers?

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987207 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:21:58 -0800 Comment by April Why did this letter "just" arrive when it was mailed last Thursday? In city mail usually takes one day.

]]> April http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987212 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:23:08 -0800 Comment by Fool In my city mail only takes one day to get from the sender to the recipient.

]]> Fool http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987219 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:29:36 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable And it gets its moneys' worth.

Do they pay their proofreader.

Do they HAVE a proofreader?

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987220 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987220 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:30:07 -0800 Comment by Tracy at #1: it was my understanding that an upside-down stamp was some kind of international DISTRESS signal. At least, that's what my family has always thought. For the entire first term of the George W Bush presidency my mom put all her stamps (even those she sent from her business) upside down, as we were a country in "distress" because the election had been stolen, etc, etc.

She definitely wasn't trying to tell the utilities company that she was in love with them. :)

]]> Tracy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987221 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:30:52 -0800 Comment by LUV @ 8

http://www.coxes.com/stamping/fun/position.html

]]> LUV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987238 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:40:17 -0800 Comment by RainCityJohn @7: I know the SGN had serious spellcheck problems 8 years ago, but these days I can't find so much as a typo.
I guess they hired somebody new, or they figured out what all those red underlines meant.

]]> RainCityJohn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987242 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:43:23 -0800 Comment by Spoogie The SNG dosn't need to pa ythere A&E writers Its all they can do to k eep them fead.

]]> Spoogie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987272 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:01:43 -0800 Comment by RainCityJohn A&E writer #11 shows just how hard the SGN proofers must work.

]]> RainCityJohn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987284 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:10:25 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways ZODIAC STRIKES AGAIN!!!

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987288 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987288 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:15:39 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways seriously, though, THIS is news? I thought everyone knew this? Other than Mr Bakkan, I think there's about three people over there who get paid, and their ad rates are HIGH, fairly close to what the Stranger charges, so someones raking in some dough.

They do have a proofreader now, or someone who acts in that capacity, and they ARE much improved in the typos department; I met the guy who does it at a party and he's very defensive about it...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987296 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987296 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:20:59 -0800 Comment by Sephibishi George Bakan thinks he can pay whatever he wants because he's been heading the paper for 23 years.
The fact is I know he pays his staff under $20 per hour which is poverty line for living on the hill.
It looks like one of them got fed up and squealed!

]]> Sephibishi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987340 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:02:50 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity They actually have A&E writers? Who knew? I figured they just published submitted press releases without any sort of editing.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987359 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:15:05 -0800 Comment by George Bakan The Best to All for April Fools Day!!!!

Yes SGN has improved its proofing several times over in recent years. Thanks to all staff especially Nick and Rick. Both are paid and full time.

Fact, some A & E writers are paid, several are volunteer.


Cheers, George Bakan


]]> George Bakan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987368 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:20:45 -0800 Comment by Will in 98103 Ick, George Bakan sighting on Slog. I need to wash my hands again.

Anyway, I wonder what joke will be played on the Weekly by the end of the day . . .

]]> Will in 98103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987390 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987390 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:37:24 -0800 Comment by Sephibishi "George Bakan cheap or not cheap"
OK, now tell us how much Nick and Rick (sound like the same person to me) earn and we'll see if what they say about you true.

]]> Sephibishi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987396 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:45:10 -0800 Comment by The Bakkan is burning I'm not sure what the message of the April Fool prank is. The note states the truth, which is pretty pathetic that cheap ass George Bakkan can't pay at least a token amount of money to his writers. Then, you might have a gay paper that was readable and not a joke.

And the SGN is chock full of press releases.

]]> The Bakkan is burning http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987440 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:27:24 -0800 Comment by Trevor That was definitely an inside job. The irrefutable evidence: the writer doesn't seem to know the difference between "it's" and "its".

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987542 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:02:48 -0800 Comment by frederick r I'd call the SPD. If it's like any SGN-related letters I've received lately, it's likely coated in liquid meth.

]]> frederick r http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987657 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c987657 Media Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:56:01 -0800 Comment by John Trevor - if you pay attention to such things, that is a Dan problem ...huh

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c988886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c988886 Media Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:35:55 -0800 Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis I'll tell you what's gay news...an enormous penis!!!

]]> Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c989823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/this_just_in_9#c989823 Media Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:05:29 -0800