Sepideh Saremi

Oh hai. I’m in ur guvrmintz, sleepin wid ur hookrz. I know I’m a year-plus late on the LOLcat train, but lately I cannot help turning everything into an LOLcat caption in my head. Makes the news more fun.

Back on topic: The only pol whose infidelity ever made me sad was Bill Clinton. He was so paternal, maybe because I was a child throughout his terms. The rest? They are ticking time bombs of sluttiness, probably because they’re not allowed to act like real humans. Even Eliot Spitzer. Maybe especially Eliot Spitzer, Toter of Morality.

The only person to feel sorry for in this sitch is his wife. And maybe the hooker. Let’s face it: This is not a handsome man, not even for five grand. And now she’s out a job.

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The other escándalo del día is that of BusinessWeek writer Sarah Lacy’s SXSW interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Here is the largely uneventful video, which features a lot of hair-twirling by Lacy, awkward scanning of the room by Zberg, and actual heckling by rude-ass nerds. I love nerds, but come on. Simmah down, as my good friend Peter From Boston would say (and my good friend Danielle from New Jersey). The hullabaloo over this on Twitter was really unwarranted.

If you’re too busy to watch the hour-long lamefest (you are, trust me), here is a brief synopsis. Apparently, the geekerati did not like Lacy’s questions, or her interview style of trying to warm up the interviewee a little bit. So they started yelling at her. My impression is that interviewing Mark Zuckerberg requires a certain alchemic touch. And no one has yet turned that little soccer-slide-wearing impresario-firecracker of a $15 billion jackpot golden boy into actual interview gold.

Also, there’s been a bit of criticism that Lacy flirted with Zuckerberg. This comment really got on my nerves. Seriously, WTF? There was no flirting. If having boobs qualifies as flirting, then she is guilty, as is every other female journalist that has ever lived. Other than that, meh. The hair-twirling seemed like a nervous tick. I apologize for adding more to this ridiculous coverage, but rest assured that you are the only person who reads my blog.