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Tea Makers posting archive

Starting 2008.07.21 and ending in October 2009, I wrote the Tea Makers blog under the nom de plume Fake Ouimet. (I was, I have since been informed, a “lesser player.”) I later deleted those postings, but am restoring them here. A few tiny Link Farm entries have not been recovered, but you really aren’t missing anything.

Who is Alphonse Ouimet?

The real name of Alphonse Ouimet is David Séguin, who for more than two years has lived in Manhattan and worked as a Web developer for the New York Times.

Man stands in front of inscribed marble wall

I unmasked this menacing hypocrite on 2010.06.12.

Article list

The famous liveblog of Richard Stursberg’s presentation on “news renewal” is available (also linked in the list below). So are two liveblog entries, from 2009.03.25 (CBC Budget Town Hall) and 2009.03.26 (Richard Stursberg presentation on programming cuts).

These postings may now be the last record of the Tea Makers. In August 2010, the Tea Makers was replaced by an “ironic” placeholder page. All its archives became inaccessible. I presume David Séguin took that action. In any event, as of this writing the following archives are the only record of the Tea Makers’ five-year lifespan. I am serious about maintaining archives.

2008

  1. Under new management July 14
  2. Soapier July 16
  3. Stuff White People Like: Softball questions and no followup July 16
  4. Who are you calling a Newfie? July 16
  5. Biennial dalliance July 18
  6. Who’s calling CBC the Canadian Broadcasting Company today? July 18
  7. YPF on CBC July 19
  8. Never going to live this down July 19
  9. Nonconflict of noninterest July 19
  10. When Chyrons attack July 20
  11. Five feet of blurry July 21
  12. Rogge’s bidding July 21
  13. A winning combination! July 22
  14. Battle of the Network Iceblonds July 22
  15. K&K July 22
  16. Stursfisk July 22
  17. Comments policy July 23
  18. DROP THE BEAT!!!111!!! July 25
  19. Spreading ourselves a bit thin? July 25
  20. Stursberg vs. RRJ July 25
  21. Most contemptuous CBC personality July 28
  22. Spirited defence of Jeremy Harris July 30
  23. Who designed the Corpse font? July 30
  24. “Everything’s Gone jPod” July 31
  25. The Ryan problem July 31
  26. Who’s the FOI requester? July 31
  27. This just in: Your job sucks August 1
  28. An immodest proposal: Eat a Big Meal August 2
  29. Hockey rights in Canada August 2
  30. POV journalism August 2
  31. SLÖÄN August 2
  32. corpsePlayer August 3
  33. CBC Blogging Manifesto August 4
  34. Moving On from Search Engine August 4
  35. “The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Your Olympic network” August 8
  36. Deposed August 11
  37. Parallel Universe Watch™ 1: Bande à part August 14
  38. Where’s CBC Watch when we need ’em? August 14
  39. “Clod” August 15
  40. Wee problem with Olympic coverage? August 15
  41. Quoted August 16
  42. The right audience August 16
  43. “You wrote half a jPod episode!” August 17
  44. People who have not acknowledged Tea Makers August 17
  45. “Where the A-list talks” August 18
  46. 2 on 2 August 19
  47. “Nor do the wind, the sun and the rain” August 20
  48. Ian Morrison calls for CBC privatization August 21
  49. Kim Jong Il Watch™ (state broadcaster) August 21
  50. “Classics… and beyond!” August 25
  51. Torchwood star in gay stripper shocker August 26
  52. Minor conflict of interest from Globemedia Temple August 26
  53. Parallel Universe Watch™ (2): Des kiwis August 27
  54. Two-screen theory vindicated August 28
  55. Worst imaginable quote from a proponent of the new CBC Radio 2 August 28
  56. This just in: We exist August 29
  57. This just in: We really exist August 29
  58. Separated at birth? August 30
  59. “We can’t rewind. We’ve gone too far” September 2
  60. Chill? George September 2
  61. jDoyle September 2
  62. Moving on to the Paralympics September 3
  63. Allan guest post 1 September 4
  64. FAILwatch™ 1 September 4
  65. Gangland hit September 4
  66. We the jury September 5
  67. Allan guest post 2 September 7
  68. “Quick, Fire” Challenge September 8
  69. Maffin hangs up skates September 8
  70. A Buck 65 manqué? September 9
  71. Cozy September 9
  72. Rayyan’s Bugs September 10
  73. “Great news, pop-music snobs!” September 11
  74. They follow us everywhere September 11
  75. Etymology of “Fort Dork” September 12
  76. Next up on JACK FM: Angélique Kidjo September 12
  77. Wrap September 12
  78. If you’re going to shitcan a show, have the guts to really shitcan it September 16
  79. Reelin’ in the years September 16
  80. Saying something nice for a change September 16
  81. Allan guest blog 3 September 17
  82. Denise Donlon, narrowcastrix September 18
  83. Tory EuthanasiaWatch™ (1) September 21
  84. Allan guest post on Mallick September 22
  85. Gestation of a segment on Spark September 25
  86. Allan guest post 4 September 26
  87. Hey, Wheel Watchers Club Members! September 26
  88. What’s new at Inside the CBC September 26
  89. Programming Reality September 27
  90. Boner Week September 29
  91. “The world’s most famous Muslims” September 30
  92. Allan guest post 5 September 30
  93. Mallicked October 1
  94. MVP paraphernalia October 1
  95. Allan guest post 6 October 2
  96. “Wheel… of… Fortune!” October 3
  97. Zed-Qs October 6
  98. Rex Murphy October 7
  99. Possible liveblog stupidity October 8
  100. Program grid October 8
  101. Allan guest post 8 October 9
  102. Bizarre gay coverage October 9
  103. Guinea pigs October 10
  104. Parallel Universe Watch (3): Pour l’amour du country October 13
  105. Voting irregularities October 15
  106. Grace, Netta. Netta, Grace October 16
  107. Allan guest post 9 (Burman) October 17
  108. CanCon October 17
  109. Really? Including Arabic? October 19
  110. Vimeo Effect October 19
  111. Rock snobs October 21
  112. Blind item October 23
  113. Exceptionalism October 23
  114. Borktor Who October 27
  115. Overcompensation October 27
  116. McGrath boldface December 2
  117. Three requests a week December 8
  118. Shorter News Renewal December 9
  119. BYE BYE 8 December 22
  120. The two faces of McGrath December 22
  121. Think Canadian TV is shite? December 30

2009

  1. jDoyle aFarce January 1
  2. Being Erica’s Fishnets January 5
  3. jDoyle upChuck January 7
  4. Wild Ballses January 7
  5. Astroturfed January 8
  6. Karplukked January 9
  7. The week Terfry went January 12
  8. Still Air Farce, yes January 19
  9. Now we have to be better than France January 24
  10. “Star system” February 2
  11. ( ♪♪ Singing ♪♪ ) February 4
  12. Drunk-posting February 5
  13. Big Bobby Clobber February 6
  14. Critiquing Erica February 6
  15. Izzy’s ghost feasting at the trough? February 9
  16. Lynne Russell: Ramp ceremony de-Americanized February 11
  17. Correcting Charlie February 12
  18. Bon Cop, Bad Cop February 13
  19. R3 86ed February 22
  20. The Radio 3 acolyte’s guide to this alien landscape February 24
  21. “Several expensive U.S. properties” February 25
  22. Canada Speaks to the World February 25
  23. “Would you like your pink slip now or later?” February 27
  24. Go for broke February 27
  25. Dollar store February 28
  26. Lesberrific-HD March 5
  27. Narrowcasting March 9
  28. Corpse in trouble with CRTC March 11
  29. Funding stew March 15
  30. Lanierism March 16
  31. Reminder from Leoben March 18
  32. Sweatersss! March 18
  33. Manly, yes, but March 22
  34. Liveblog of Richard Stursberg presentation on programming cuts March 26
  35. Printable versions of liveblogs March 27
  36. The Privates made money hand over fist in 2008 March 27
  37. Intelligence goes to Global April 1
  38. Billy Bob Thornton transcript April 9
  39. Broadcaster bailout and teh Gays April 17
  40. Gayest show on television? April 21
  41. The Corrie Effect April 21
  42. Not Republic of jDoyle April 22
  43. And there’s gonna be laundry? April 24
  44. Cowardice, thy name is NYTPicker? April 24
  45. Tubby-HNIC April 25
  46. “In Lausanne this year, the Rose d’Or Awards are devoting an entire day to celebrating the CBC” May 3
  47. Search Engine unshackled May 6
  48. “I’m not here this afternoon to blackmail you” May 7
  49. How to turn a profit on Canadian programming May 12
  50. Two ways to televise a radio show May 13
  51. Did we get him wrong all along? May 17
  52. Vent May 26
  53. Wedgie then and now May 26
  54. Cinema conundrum? May 28
  55. Private-broadcaster secrets now easier to read than ever June 8
  56. KanKonKwiz™ June 15
  57. “Variety Lives on CBC Radio” June 18
  58. Peer-to-peer: It ain’t just for torrenting porn anymore June 18
  59. Whom do you trust? June 26
  60. Throwing Blogger under the treads July 8
  61. Check out CBC Radio July 10
  62. Summer Persian Mini Christmas July 10
  63. Marooned with Rich? July 13
  64. Not so fast, net nerds July 14
  65. Reasons not to copy BBC drama culture July 16
  66. Avahi ghomeshii July 20
  67. BikerPlanet brings you the Tea Makers July 23
  68. Compare and contrast July 24
  69. Connie Walker's ethical lapse July 28
  70. Bookninja: CBC Arts RSS, you’re dead to me! July 30
  71. Simultaneous substitutions August 3
  72. OTW2: Reprogram the movies August 5
  73. On the bookshelf August 7
  74. Skype out August 7
  75. Knee-deep August 8
  76. “Doc Suzuki, Master of Science!” August 9
  77. Dem smokin’-hot Blades photos August 11
  78. Long-forgotten Newsworld graphics August 13
  79. Second time lucky for CBC iApp August 14
  80. One way or another, comments are getting fixed August 15
  81. This Country in the Morning book August 18
  82. Gzowski August 19
  83. Jian’s name in Farsi August 19
  84. “Canadian Audiences Live Here!” August 20
  85. Blurt “Jane, you ignorant slut!” live and in person August 21
  86. OTW: Canadian shows that cry out for reruns August 21
  87. What Jian Ghomeshi wants to get to August 21
  88. Hostesses August 24
  89. Doug Coupland’s houseboy? August 26
  90. Rock doc 1: ✔ August 28
  91. The News Dilution Show August 31
  92. Pop doc 1 September 10
  93. “My biggest flaw? Well... I’d have to say it’s I work too much” September 11
  94. hulu.cbc.ca September 20
  95. Bodice-ripper September 21
  96. Why CBC wants you to watch Being Erica September 22
  97. Sophie chose wisely September 23
  98. There. I said it September 23
  99. This week’s Ghomeshïst lapses September 23
  100. Galaxie September 24
  101. GL FUed September 24
  102. OTW® 3: Our BSG is better than their BSG September 25
  103. That Rick. He’s scrumptious September 25
  104. “Damn you, Paparazzo!” September 27
  105. “The over-50 audience was outraged” September 27
  106. “Driveway moments” September 28
  107. Abbreviated timeline September 28
  108. Cross-promotion September 29
  109. Kung Fu Tea Makers September 30
  110. Ghost of Benmerguis Past October 1
  111. Burnin’ up October 2
  112. Embarrassed October 5
  113. Local-TV deathwatch October 5
  114. BDUs’ DMRD October 8
  115. Is it live or is it Memorex? October 9
  116. Erica’s friend’s husband’s workplace’s sponsorship’s effect October 12
  117. Flinchers early on October 14
  118. Hoof October 14
  119. Mary Jane Miller photos October 15
  120. Not the expected sense of “fierce” October 15
  121. Pop doc 2: Funny, she doesn’t sound Jewish October 17
  122. “Must you run photographs of Jian Ghomeshi?” October 18
  123. Bluff-calling exercise October 18
  124. Shocker: Gay hosts handles gay segment properly October 18
  125. Even Muslims know where the spacebar is October 20
  126. Timeline of open letter October 21
  127. Best-dressed man? October 26
  128. Stag ’n’ DIN October 26
  129. Waaay up October 26
  130. Editorial interference at the Tea Makers October 28

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