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Most embarassing moment of the millennium

A NYT blog post by Stephen J. Dubner, one of the co-authors of “Freakonomics” tells of his encounter with a standup comic Greg Schwem.

We won’t spoil the surprise, but we will tell you that it’s a great story that reflects well on both participants, and it’s called “The Most Embarrassing Thing I’ve Done This Millennium.”

Pay attention to some of the reactions to the story in the readers’ comments below the posting. Many of them are merely complaining about the new method used by the Times for posting blogs and some navigation difficulties that readers are having. Some of them, however, are indicative of a deep-seated hostility toward comics and/or a general meanness among some Times readers.

We’re also pleased to alert our readers (in case they hadn’t read it somewhere else) that the NYT is going to free up its online content and stop charging. Their premium model apparently didn’t work. Many NYT writers were concerned that the pay system was drastically cutting down their circulation!