Comments on: Hyperbolic Pregnancy Rumors: Why Papa Joe’s Relationship to Ashlee is Even More Insidious (Part II)

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:01:44 +0000

What was the point of deviating from your point to talk about food? Or your long, bracketed message to Pete Wentz calling him “darling”?

And also the consistent referencing of your other articles in any article you write and of comments left on them (it wasn’t referenced in this article, but it was in another you wrote)…and there’s also randomly deciding to write words like “gotta”, “anyways”, and even putting the word “like” in the middle of a sentence…

I understand this is a blog, but you still shouldn’t write exactly how you speak. You need to write with a little more professionalism, because in a lot of your articles you sound like a high school student gossiping to your friends, rather than sounding like a journalist. Yes, this may be a blog, but it’s a newsblog. It’s journalism, and you probably have intelligent readers who deserve to read intelligently written articles.

By: C. Ryder - Universit

C. Ryder - Universit — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:19:42 +0000

Laura,

I am a lame-o researcher. I should've done a search for "joe simpson." Thanks for sharing the readers (and me) at collgecandy.com. As I said, however, if one does a search for "ashlee + joe simpson" or variants of that, you don't yield good results . . .

By: C. Ryder - Universit

C. Ryder - Universit — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:44:26 +0000

Oh, Sandra, and another thing, I'm just self-referential like that, but I also refer to other bloggers on this site, so I ain't that bad, am I? (Ewww, I just used the contraction ain't – are ya gonna hunt me down at Henry T's and kill me?) Granted, perhaps a bit narcissistic, but who isn't these days?

Thanks for visiting the lowest troughs of the intrawebs, my erudite, New York Times critiquer . . . Oh, and, I'm buds with Karl, and when he read your comments, he just said, lifting his caterpillar eybebrows, "Macht nichts, macht nichts, Fraeulein C."

Karl is SUCH a good friend.

By: C. Ryder - Universit

C. Ryder - Universit — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:21:11 +0000

Koley,

Well-stated, and many thanks.

As for the question you raised . . . excellent one. What do you think? And if that's true, that's scary , scary, scary.

By: Koley

Koley — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:26:41 +0000

Sandra –

…this blog isn't all a news blog. While yes, some articles could be considered "newsworthy", others (such as this one) are exactly what they seem – analysis of topics which have been been being gossiped about. And as I read this blog, along with some of the articles in it, sometimes I think (like with this article) that I'm chatting over AIM with one of my friends over topics in gossip mags.

Oh yeah… and C. Ryder – perhaps former minister Papa Joe has now fallen for the Scientology cult as well and maybe that's why Mama Simpson is out of the picture?

By: C. Ryder - Universit

C. Ryder - Universit — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:18:17 +0000

Oh, and I don't profess to be a journalist. Never have, never will . . . this blog is, after all, for college students BY college students, so what's wrong with an armchair-like style?

By: C. Ryder - Universit

C. Ryder - Universit — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:16:57 +0000

My sincerest apologies for insulting you . . . I write casually, so I guess it's not your style. Or maybe my style just sucks, and you're pointing that out.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:27:18 +0000

I did a Google images search for "Joe Simpson," and there were at least 2 pictures on the first page that were of him and Ashlee. Not sure why you would use your crappy research as "proof".

I don't really care for him either, but that part bugged me.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:18:07 +0000

Ditto on MIA Mama Simpson. AND wasn't Papa a preacher once upon a time? I remember a mtv interview in which he was asked how he felt about Jessica's new sexy image. His response? "Shes's a sexy girl, thers no hiding that." An odd comment from a father.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:43:02 +0000

“Also, what the hell happened to the mom? Did Papa Joe eat her? Or was her contract up, and she’s already been plucked from the earth?”

ahahahahahaha. ha. ha.

I’ve been thinking the same thing about this man for YEARS even while the media spins him as this great dad.