02.28.2008 5:02 pm
Take a leap: Comment on the news in only 29 words
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After the huge dog of a TOTD yesterday (sheesh, I didn’t think the topic was THAT bad!), let’s turn our attention to fresh fodder.
It’s Leap Year! And Friday is Leap Day!
So let’s see your comments on recent news events in 29 words or less. Here’s mine:
A new bridge over the Mississippi River? This Missouri guy’s glad for another way to and from Illinois. Or is it just another way to get caught in traffic?
If you need a reminder on some of the current events you could address:
NIU shootings; the beagle; gas prices; new bridge; the St. Louis School Board; the canceled St. Louis County Air Show and Fair; the flu; the Cardinals; Britney; Lindsey; Paris.
(By the way: That was 29 words, too.)
Have fun.
Kurt is the director of social media for the Post-Dispatch, where he has worked since August 2002. He's been a journalist since 1982, covering municipal government, courts, education and two hurricanes as a reporter before becoming an editor. 
Republicans and Catholics, both purging all but the “true believers” from their ranks. Who will win? The extremists or the peacemakers? They forget: United we Stand, Divided we Fall.
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Spezio has a disease – alcoholism. Untreated, it will destroy him. We should give him the space and privacy he needs to heal – the glare of the media isn’t helping.
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This Presidential race has an embarrassment of riches. McCain, Obama, and Clinton – all would be good leaders, in different ways. The world will breath easier when Bush is gone.
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All three are 29 words!)
Diablo’s Juno
A dog named Uno
Spezio’s cut
Blues in a rut
Bruce is gone
That just seems wrong
Jacobs will run
9th‘s race will be fun
Utterly unbelievable to me however I witnessed very young impressionable daughters with encouraging mothers toting Paris Hilton bags at Macy’s last saturday, how I wanted to call child services.
I must be close to the end of my days, I pray, if my values can’t comprehend that Paris Hilton is considered a model for our children of today.
I will not give up, until my last breath, spreading the word that honor, glory and fame comes from the inspirations within one’s soul and not from one’s self.
#12 should be Jacob not Jacobs. My bad.
Biased reporters in Kirkwood, school districts ruled by fools, destructive politicians, challenging weather, mortgage meltdown with bankers taking even more, wages down, taxes up, so what else is new?
What is it about LESS you don’t understand my children? LMAO (So how many entires does it take for a TOTD not to be considered a dog? Randy, are you listening to this degrading of a fine beast?
Fuel Prices cripple U.S. economy.Government agencies unable to reconize true reason for current recession. Consumers no longer able to justify driving to work at $4.00 per gallon.
Slugger: When the topic only gets five replies (and I’m used to more than 40!), I must consider it a dog. And I had high hopes for that one.
(29 words)
1:100 white, 1:34 hispanic, and 1:15 black US citizens are incarcerated. Further proof that racial inequality is alive and well in the USA.
Kurt, well the real “talk of the day” yesterday was the Spezio story. Perhaps we could have had two.