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lspikol

Just found this old photo of my parents instagr.am/p/K8sT15TUwW/ 5:03 PM May 22nd via Instagram
Thank you, Slate. RT: Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. slate.com/id/2281146?tid… 9:10 AM Apr 18th via Tweet Button
I wrote something about the Inquirer's Pulitzer for Philly Post because my tweets weren't enough (apparently): blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_pos… 5:48 AM Apr 17th via Tweet Button
And congrats to my friends at The Stranger, which also won a Pulitzer. Weeklies so rarely win. @taramurtha, you're next. 4:17 PM Apr 16th via Twitter for iPhone
Okay, one more thing about this Pulitzer: It took a team. A large one. That's how excellent journalism gets done. Hear that, new overlords? 2:03 PM Apr 16th via web
Yes! You guys at the Inky are the best! What timing. Congrats to the whole team! 1:57 PM Apr 16th via web
Salon Rethinking Zionism: @PeterBeinart on "the dream that must not die" shar.es/pIF3i 2:33 PM Mar 28th via web Retweeted by lspikol and 4 others
Is this what we're using books for these days? “@mymodernmet: 5,000 Books Pour Out of a Building in Spain! su.pr/AJMygG” 8:47 PM Mar 15th via Twitter for iPad
Sick little dog, but not too sick to be annoyed by the camera. twitter.com/lspikol/status… 8:16 PM Mar 15th via Camera on iOS
joshtpm Barack Obama believes everything Derrick Bell ever said by the transitive property of #scaryblackman that's from geometry 3:15 PM Mar 7th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by lspikol and 32 others
FINALLY! Man cleared of murder in '66 shooting is freed - Philly.com tinyurl.com/87y7y46 5:51 PM Mar 4th via NetNewsWire for iPad
NYTimes: Why Don’t We Read About Architecture? nyti.ms/xtyhb3 12:55 PM Mar 3rd via NYTimes on iOS
"Can a man no longer go to the bathroom on his own property without Google knowing?"RT @latimes: lat.ms/z6Pwek 6:43 PM Mar 2nd via Flipboard
No such thing as "too soon" for Andrew Breitbart, it seems. Thank god. 1:59 PM Mar 1st via Twitter for iPhone
I can't believe this is a local news headline, but it is: "'Black Madam' Arrested at Butt Pumping Party." nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Bla… 7:58 PM Feb 29th via Twitter for iPad
How one community foundation funded a new journalism powerhouse - Knight Foundation tinyurl.com/76db5l3 6:44 PM Feb 29th via NetNewsWire for iPad
I'm confused about Syria. Tanks moving in to destroy the city entirely. 20 people killed each day. Nothing can be done? Really? 4:06 PM Feb 29th via Twitter for iPhone
Not that I know about parenting, but if you want a kid to be quiet, is smacking them really what works? STOP CRYING--WHAP! #lifeonsepta 12:29 PM Feb 27th via Twitter for iPhone
@VictorFiorillo because she keeps tearing up and you're supposed to find that moving. 8:34 PM Feb 26th via Flipboard in reply to VictorFiorillo
The doctor who did Michael Douglas' work is better than Billy Crystal's. #Oscars 7:57 PM Feb 26th via Twitter for iPhone

Name Liz Spikol
Location Philadelphia, PA
Web http://www.lizspi...
Bio writer and editor. or: blogger and content manager. either way, so damn employable.