Paul Davis

'Nuff said ...

Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

(Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

Major Davis returns for Atlantis finale

GateWorld News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

GateWorld has received word that Paul Davis will be crossing over to Atlantis for the series finale.

Whistling past the graveyard ...

Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008

... Stop the Presses . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.) I think journalism might be helped if those practicing learned to take it a little less seriously. Doing it is hardly in a league with the higher maths.

The brothers Greene ...

Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008

... and 'The Spy's Bedside Book.' (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

Insider is named new Coinstar CEO

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008

Pacific Northwest Bellevue-based Coinstar has named a replacement for Chief Executive Officer Dave Cole, who plans to retire March 31. Coinstar, an owner and...

Coinstar CEO retiring in 2009

The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Dave Cole, CEO of Coinstar Inc., is retiring on March 31, 2009, and he’ll be replaced by Paul Davis, Coinstar’s chief operating officer. (CSTR)

Coinstar Announces Leadership Succession Plan

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTR) today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Paul Davis, currently Coinstar’s

Charming espionage ...

Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

... A Spy We Loved . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

Fat police weighing down patrol cars

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Some police officers are so overweight they can only transport a single suspect in their overburdened cars.

Exclusive: 'Fat police officers should be kicked out'

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Fat police officers should shape up or ship out, say the Lib Dems.

Wrapping up the Week of the DNC Convention: What in the Heck Was McCain Thinking?

California Progress Report (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008

By Doug Paul Davis Once again a hearty thanks to Don Gibson for taking us onto the floor of...

Son of Blue Peter boss hanged himself eight months after father was sacked over phone vote scandal

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008

The schoolboy son of a sacked Blue Peter boss hanged himself by accident eight months after his father was fired over a vote-rigging scandal, a coroner ruled today.

• Son of Blue Peter boss hanged himself eight months after father was sacked over phone vote scandal - Evening Standard

I beg to differ ...

Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

... Waugh Contra Mundum : The problem Catholicism of Brideshead Revisited . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.) I just re-read Brideshead while on vacation. Waugh could have chosen for the book's epigraph this passage from the Gospels: "The Son of Man came to call sinners, not the just." Lord Brideshead's intellectual grasp of Catholicism has turned his faith into a grotesque etiquette. Except for the old nurse...

For Bond fans ...

Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

... MI6 . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

Unhappy campers ...

Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

... Philly papers target managers in new round of layoffs . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.) Well, considering how top heavy newsroom management there is, this seems only fair. Not good elsewhere, either: New York Times Co. July revenue falls 10.1 percent . I wonder if Pinch realizes yet that he's a fool.