Alex Balk. In the wake of whatever the heck happened on Deadspin this weekend — to touch on it as briefly as possible, Moe rules — I thought back to the last time we had a former Gawker editor running the site here. Yep, the great Alex Balk, who famously introduced himself with "Okay, listen up, douchebags: I don't like you and you don't like me," who was equally amusing and treated just about as well. Alas. It happens. Anyway, a couple of years removed from Gawker and a few months removed from Radar, Balk is back, with the also-awesome Choire Sicha, at The Awl, which is smart and mean and goofy and everything you might want from a blog. I'm trying to talk them into letting me write about Woody Allen. No luck so far.









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