2008

Since I’m over scrapbooking, this is what I do on slow...

Boltlung, is Reilly off of his medications again?  From:...

Emily and Josh Redux

Whenever I think about Emily and Josh, I try to remember a simpler time, a time when things...

Get Over It

Look, I’ve no plans to make Nick Douglas redundant despite the pleadings of this website....

“All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet....

Desire

I’d get down on my hands and knees and crawl across a field of broken glass just to listen to...

The Official Richard Lawson Coming Out...

I can’t think of a better way for Lolcait to come roaring out of the closet than by hosting...

Don’t be fooled by the tag. Scott Kidder is XL all the...

The Brain-Trust Convenes Nick: I do hereby call this meeting...

Calls For Making Tracie Egan and Nick...

Many of the e-mails filling my inbox today are vehemently calling for the heads of Tracie Egan, for...

Can you smell what the Tart is cooking?  Move in closer to...

IM With Julia Allison

Julia Allison: OMG Nick I have a stalker! A blog stalker! Me: Yes. And? Julia Allison: Nick, how...

I have to hand it to you Boltlung—-recruiting Carrot...

Nevermind Tionna

Al heard that I was looking for him and took appropriate measures. Your services are no longer...

They say that a nice, clean tie attracts the soup of the...

Another Day, Another Sloane Crosley Book...

Do I really want to attend another Sloane Crosley circle jerk tonight? Do I really want to have to...

Goddamnit Boltlung!

How many times do I have to tell you that Charmin gives me dingleberries? Quilted Northern Boltlung,...

My Particularly Vile Employees

I’m more than sure that this is all Jim Lehnhoff puffing away while yapping into his celly...

An Apology E-Mail From Tionna Smalls

Yesterday, I posted this, the highlight of which was the line, “Go shoot yourself and die...

An E-mail From Tionna Smalls

Shortly posting this video on Friday, along with some terse commentary thrown in for good measure, I...

The Changing Web 2.0 Cultural Lexicon

Says David Karp: “I can’t believe Scott Kidder was the first person to use my new...

Trying to decide whether Blakeley looks more like he wants...

An E-Mail Exchange With Richard Lawson

From: am.lawson@gmail.com To: nickguidodenton@gmail.com Subject: I need to get this off my...

Caroline Bankoff

Please stop sending nude photos of yourself to my email in a desperate plea for attention. I’m...

Memo to Boltlung Iron: You see how my former chief...

Book Club Update

For all of you members, I’ve decided that the selections for my book club’s first month...

“The thing about glitter is if you get it on you, be prepared...”
— Demetri Martin (via...

Julia Allison, Reliable Source

While many have expressed shock and indignation over Howard Kurtz having Julia on as a guest on...

I Can Breathe Again

Now that I have my weekly Sunday night doses of Eva “The Mexican Meryl Streep” Longoria...

caro: One of the wonderfullest combinations in the world:...

Introducing Boltlung Iron!

Now that the minor announcements of the day are out of the way, on to the important stuff; Noah...

Thrillist, you ignorant slut! Don’t you know to never...

Bitch-Slapped

What didn’t I do to Alex Balk that prevented my inclusion from this list? Was not the...

The thing that differentiates my shoes from Julia...

skidder: I aim to please. caro: Kidder looks so happy. It...

Cia Bernales

A flatmate of mine back at University once said that Filipinos taste like cucumber custard....

Anticipation

Just wondering how my new paperweight is coming along?

Quit Bitching Already

I finally get the heat turned on and now some of them are already whining about the lack of...

Email To Noah Robischon

From: nickguidodenton@gmail.com To: noah@gawker.com Subject: Your name Noah, I’ve given this...

My Book Club

I’m starting a book club. My initial selections for review are I Was Told There’d Be...

Traumatic Experiences

You could travel around the world twice with Nicolas Kristof and still not know real pain and...

I Am So Getting One

Just what I need for the agonizing trek from Crosby St. to Elizabeth St.—A JETPACK!  Scooters...

A flashback to a simpler time. A time of innocence. A time...

The Finishing Touch

Oh joy! The kit I ordered from www.makeyourowndildo.com came in today. Now I’ll have just what...

Noelle Hancock

Poor Noelle. I just had to take her under my wing for a spell. First her employer predictably shits...

Balderdash!

22nd? Behind Perez and Sullivan?

Postcard from MY mom. "Subject: Very...

 What’s not to love about Sanford and Son?  alexbalk: “…that if anything happens, you’ll yell...

“I can make a scene that’s not supposed to be sexy,...

Memo to Michael Arrington, Briskly...

Had I not just returned from having one of my bi-weekly bowel-draining colonics, it’s possible...

Fake?

caro: I’m starting to think that Fake Nick Denton is Real Nick Denton.  Seems to be a popular...

No swinging dick is complete without a couple of plump,...

My Other April Fool's Day Prank Ideas

Surely you’ve all heard about the rip-roaringly hilarious and totally original April...

"Straight" Crooners Fucking Gay Gossips

If you thought that John Mayer and Perez Hilton was a big deal, wait until you hear what Howie Day...

For once it wasn’t my freakishly enormous head...

Jordan Golson

In regards to your pay, from here on out you’ll receive five shekels and a goat per thousand...

Chrissie Lamond

Her not-so-secret crush on the the taint-loving Ray Wert is getting out of hand. Rumor around the...

Hypocrisy

It’s not for just evangelical Christians any longer. My labeling Engadget as...

Help!

Anyone have a suggestion for getting Elmer’s glue out of a white tiger skin rug? I had no idea...

Rate-A-Cock

Anyone have suggestions on what’s a good website for submitting pictures of your cock for...

Molly Friedman

What Gaby failed to mention in the email below is that there’s also been a delay in the...

Scrapbooking

Oh joy! The scrapbooking kit I ordered from scrapbookflair.com came in today. So this weekend, while...

I find it necessary to wear sunglasses in public at all...

“It’s embarrassing when you accidentally text Nick Denton...”
— Rex Sorgatz, on Twitter...

Owen Thomas

Doesn’t look half bad for someone who has let himself go.

Missing Emily Gould

You know what I miss most about Emily? The gnashing of teeth she would incite among the other staff...

Ben Popken

He caught my eye with his appropriately named blog, The Spunker. On his interview I learned that he...

And it's over.

Stepping out of character for a brief moment in time, I’d never before seen the quote linked...

Memo To Will Leitch

I’m very pleased with the spike in Deadspin pageviews that this whole “March...

From Page 87 of my forthcoming book, The Nick Denton Guide...

NICK DENTON, DINNER???

maryrambin: I have no idea who you are (as a person). You obviously know who I am. So I thought...

Mind Games

They’re so fun to play, aren’t they? Save for when the mark is so easily led astray....

In The Event That You're Thinking Of...

Proceed with extreme caution, for it’s a venture fraught with peril. He has the forearms of a...

Friday Night Doppelganger Party!

So my two doppelgangers (any real new media oligarch worth his salt has not one, but two), Nick...

Jossip, Queerty, Mollygood, Etc.

A journalist emailed last night to gauge my interest in purchasing these properties. He mentioned...

Ahem!

Only number 6 on the best ever list? Come on! And once again, what do you mean Fake Nick Denton? 

Doree Shafrir

I wonder if her being professionally diagnosed with I.B.S, and the subsequent take-home literature...

Crime And Punishment

In the wake of my coverage of the on-going Emily Gould love triangle saga,along with this comment in...

?

cajunboy: i woke up this morning and logged into tumblr to find that there’s already a fake tumblr...

Jakob Lodwick Disavows His Roommate's...

From: jakob@normative.com To: nickguidodenton@gmail.com Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:48 PM Subject:...

Jakob Lodwick IM

Me: Hello Jakob. Jakob Lodwick: Hello Mr. Nick Denton.  Me: What are you doing this weekend? Jakob...

Jakob Lodwick lives with a black man and wants everyone to...

Question?

Of all my Gawker 2007 alums (Sicha, Gould, Balk, Stein, and Shafrir), which is the least likely to...

I'm done

juliaallison: I can’t do this anymore.  It’s ruining my life.   Julia, let’s think this...

What if today were Gawker's last day on...

jakoblodwick: Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and it was gone.Would your life be different, at...

Uncle Grambo/Mark Graham

Yes, I know, he’s a chronic masturbator and generally just a miserable fuck who perches...

Oh Joy!

My African elephant tusks just arrived! Should make a fine appurtenance to the albino tiger skin rug...

Jessica Coen

Little known fact: She can quiff “The Victors,” the University of Michigan’s fight...

Your Move Arrington

Regarding this, nor would I care to be seated at the same table as he. Julia Allison has gargled his...

An email to Kaila Hale-Stern

To: kaila@gawker.com From: nickguidodenton@gmail.com Date: March 3, 2008 2:33 PM Subject: These...

Shenanigans

Seeing that dastardly fruit Matt Drudge outed the military deployment location of one of the...

Julia Allison's Birthday

If by some off chance you haven’t yet heard, Julia’s birthday is upon us. I’ve...

Additional commentary is not needed.

Hunger Pains

I could really go for some Shark Fin soup right now.

Gigs

Anybody need one? Because I’m flinging around editorial jobs willy-nilly to any bloke whose...

Chris Mohney

Each night before drifting off to sleep, he douses his loins with canola oil and wanks himself silly...

Fool's Gold

Is there a more totally adorable on-screen couple than Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey? I think...

Ana Marie Cox

In case you’re wondering, she’s recuperating just fine in the aftermath of her anal...

Seriously

I have no earthly idea what I’m doing.

Maggie Shnayerson

If only she’d have followed up on the anonymous tip I forwarded that revealed Graydon...

Maura Johnston

Is going to run the Gawker fantasy baseball league and I can hardly wait. Count me in for anything...

Just A Thought

Occasionally, when I’m sipping cognac while sprawled out across the white tiger skin rug that...

A Cowboy

Where can I find a real naked one?

Good Times

I don’t care what Florida and J.J. say about him, I think that Bookman is kind of cute.

Brett Richter

I love it when he tells me that my server is memcached.

Colonoscopy Party At My Place!

Have you been to one yet? They are all the rage! Michael Musto has already RSVPed. In truth, it was...

Need Beer Money?

In addition to this, I am offering $64.99 for functional kidneys. Payment is also available in...

Why Bother?

Updating the masthead or formally introducing the new bloggers under my employ? They’ll just...

Millard Fillmore

Is my favorite President of all time. Have you read the Fugitive Slave Act of 1853? If only a man of...

Benny Goldman

My favorite little Gizmodo gave me the best compliment over the weekend. He said that my ejaculate...

Questions About The Jeffersons

Who is this Archie Bunker bloke that George refers to occasionally? And do Jenny and Lionel...

Brian Lam

As a youth, his family would discipline him by flogging his thighs with eels before shoving a bamboo...

Mark Lisanti

Were he to reside in New York, I’d be sure to send him off today by hosting a going away party...

Public Service II

Remember the other day I mentioned that “the smile inside my heart is never wider than when I...

Jason Calacanis

Drinks the blood of puppies for breakfast.

I'm Getting A Tattoo!

Since all of the cool bloggers are doing the tattoo thing these days, I’ve decided to get one...

Email from Arianna Huffington

From: ariannahuf@aol.com To: nickguidodenton@gmail.com Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:31 PM Subject:...

Still Waiting

To see if a certain someone took the hint.

Movie Time

Anyone up for seeing The Hottie and the Nottie this weekend?

Richard Lawson

Was inconsolable upon the death of Charles Nelson Reilly.

Mr. Bentley

I began viewing the complete first season of The Jeffersons last night. George and Weezie are indeed...

Choire Sicha

Despite claiming to loathe it, he’s secretly seen Rent 103 times.

Jory Stiefel

I see you peeking across the desk at Noah out of the corner of your right eye Jory. I see...

Public Service

The smile inside my heart is never wider than when I see my former editors rolling up their sleeves...

Hmmm

Pageviews are down. I could really use another unexpected celebrity death to drive them back up...

I'd like to thank Owen Thomas

For introducing me to the sheer joy and blissful splendor that is a bleached asshole.

When will it end?

Damn you striking writers! If I don’t get new episodes of Desperate Housewives starring Eva...

Erin Pettigrew

Could potentially make a straight man out of me.

Joshua David Stein and Emily Gould

Are the two sanest people I’ve ever had under my employ.

Jim Lehnhoff