Jiblets: Newspapers Had Premeditated Plans to Exploit Gerald Ford’s Death Knell

• Not only did most newspapers have Gerald Ford’s obit ready to go, the NYT had all sorts of fancy Flash animations set to post.

• Newly unemployed Judith Regan announces plans to get drunk, Irish-style.

• Who says math has no practical real world applications?

&bull: Despite masterminding, casting, starring in new Rolling Stone reality show, Jann Wenner is not the purported breakout “star.”

• It’s been less than a week since Alan Hevesi resigned and murders in NYC are already way up. Coincidence? We don’t belive in coincidences.

• GalleyCat demands new sci-fi editor for NYTBR. We hear teetotaling Judith Regan is available.