Posts Tagged ‘j. freedom du lac’
Cheap Seats Daily: An Awful Ending to Monk and Mann’s Neverending Story?
In case you missed it: "Art Monk and Charles Mann Sell Former City Property for Millions, Bail On Anacostia Job Training Center."
Over the years, there aren't many things I've written about more than Monk and Mann's training center.
For a decade, the beloved former Redskins said the Carver Theatre building was going to be rebuilt by their non-profit organization, called the Good Samaritan Foundation, and promised that the building would become an epicenter of goodwill in a neighborhood historically lacking in it.
It never happened. But every time I wrote that the training center still wasn't open -- almost like "Saturday Night Live"'s repeating that Francisco Franco was "still dead" in every fake newscast -- officials of the organization continued insisting that their actions would soon back up Monk and Mann's words.
It's not like they didn't use Good Samaritan Foundation to make themselves look good. Monk's son even spoke of the organization in the speech he gave during Dad's Hall of Fame induction in August 2008.
(AFTER THE JUMP: Still more on the neverending story? Karl Swanson holds no grudge against the Washington Post? Roger Phegley DIDN'T mess up the Bullets forever and ever? Clearing on the Road to 100 Losses?)
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Srsly! His Name Is Freedom!
The Post's J. Freedom du Lac wrote about the Jonas Brothers yesterday and called Kevin Jonas "the other one." He (or, more accurately, his e-mail inbox) was then set upon by furious Jonas fans, who have told him in no uncertain terms to stop being so old and bald and mean.
Today, Style fronted a piece about the fans' reaction, reprinting several letters. This has allowed several bloggers, including this one, to get posts out of the whole sitch.
Via instant message, du Lac (a friend, FWIW) says he's gotten "about 50" e-mails from furious Jonasites, "not really a huge number, but ... enough!" And as to jokes about his byline---Gawker's Richard Lawson said "(srsly?)" after citing him---du Lac says, "Glad the writer noticed my name. I'd hate to be 'the other one' of the Style staff."
