The Philadelphia Inquirer Sideshow Column
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By Tirdad Derakhshani, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 24--Puccini for Woody?  A confluence of unlikely phenomena will ensure the L.A. Opera's '08-09 season a couple of very odd shows.
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The view from suburban Philadelphia voters about politics and politicians:
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Tycho:   It has become the Saturday tradition to do the next strip upon the expo's stark and terrifying stage, but since Armadeaddon needed its proper epilogue it got moved out to Wednesday.  Gabe was highly indulgent of audience suggestions in the final version, far more than he is to me, adding many, many things based on them being called out from the microphone - he has a version with more additions still that he'll be putting up later today.  But there are things in there like the blue ball in the last panel - to say nothing of the official "Hot-Dog Fairy" merchandise! - that began as anecdotes and have now graduated to true PAX lore.
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By Edited by Katie Stirling  THANKS to Claire Collins, of Ayr, who wins my weekly tenner with this daft picture.  If you have a funny internet image, why not share it with us? Please include your full postal address.  (c) 2006 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK).
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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By Mike Monson, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Sep.
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By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep.
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By Frank Fitzpatrick, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 9--This Philadelphia February, filled with flops, failures, fraternal felonies and foot problems, possesses little to cheer the sporting soul.
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By Pete Bosak, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun.
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Tycho: Our third book is now available on the store, if you haven't purchased it elsewhere. Entitled The Warsun Prophecies, it incorporates all the strips from 2002. I'm usually scared to read something I've written once I've written it, which may help you to understand the state these posts sometimes arrive in - but I think this one turned out really well.I've just now finished the final edits on the fourth book, which will be released... in the future. Also, on the very same store, our Fire Sale continues to rage - with the heat of a thousand bargains! Huge savings in every department, etc.(CW)TB
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By Chuck Thompson, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Sep.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and its sister paper are giving readers a digest that offers a quick summary of the newspapers.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News have been encouraged to be creative in their use of advertising , but the papersâ neighbors objected one such promotion involving an inflatable honeybee.
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By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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Tycho: There are two things I must mention.First, Gabriel liked the cover for book four (entitled "Birds Are Weird") so much that he wanted to make a poster of it, and it's not worth arguing with him when he gets like that so we let him do it. It is, even now, awailable!Also: PAX preregistration opens today, and since we've had a couple of these now you probably know if it's something you'd like to attend. You save ten dollars over the door price, which is, like, ten bucks. This is money you could put toward some other purpose!(CW)TB
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I was in the audience yesterday when the one dramatic moment of the conference took place. Scoble was on stage. Mike Arrington was sitting to my right in the front row of the second section (on the right). Mike showed me a piece he was writing, and I gulped. It said Scoble was leaving Podtech and probably going to FastCompany to start a TV network for them. Since Scoble is my friend, I knew that there was some truth to this, but was disappointed to see it was coming out, esp at a moment when Scoble wouldn't have a moment to think and consult with friends before formulating a response. HIs laptop screen was being projected as we watched him edit his comment on TechCrunch. At one point Mike asked if I thought he knew we could see what he was typing. I didn't think he did. Anyway, Scoble lets it all hang out. And somehow he gets away with it. What would kill most people just stings him, and he smiles through it all, in his bumbling Scoble-like way, and it always amazes me how he makes lemonade out of the lemons. This isn't the optimal way to announce you're leaving a company, and his deal with FC isn't final yet. But somehow I think he'll navigate this transition and come out in a better place after the dust settles.
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By D'Vera Cohn, Washington Post Staff Writer