COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU …
We’ve been trying for a long time to find new voices to contribute to this website … occasionally with success.
How come? First and foremost we get tired of hearing ourselves talk all the time. Seriously … if you think our chronic ranting gets old, you’re one mouse click away from regaining your sanity. Us? We don’t ever get to leave. Seriously … it’s like the Hotel California in our founding editor’s head.
Such is the curse of tireless advocacy … and ideological consistency.
Anyway, we love new voices … they break up the monotony, change the perspective and challenge us to refine and elevate our own thinking. That’s why there’s nothing quite so satisfying for us to publish as the well-wagered letter to the editor or opinion column.
But letter and guest posts – as much as we love them – only do so much. What we’ve been looking for is a consistent presence on the site that’s … well, not us.
Enter Liz.
Who is Liz? Well, we’re going to let her introduce herself to everyone over the next few months in her new column – the first installment of which is running this week.
Here’s what we know about Liz: She’s smart. Confident. Highly opinionated. Persuasive. Funny. Intuitive. She’s also totally immune to haters (which our robust comment boards may or may not appreciate). Oh, and she’s drop dead gorgeous and has impeccable taste in everything – including shoes (our founding editor’s fetish/ weakness).
We know what you’re probably thinking: The world is full of smart, confident, gorgeous people in possession of strong opinions … what makes Liz worth reading?
You’ll find out for yourself soon … but from our perspective, we’re drawn to Liz’s unique voice. Her tone is direct and distinctive, but always on the move: Seamlessly meandering from earnest appeal to sarcastic indifference. From heartfelt empathy to “back the f*ck up off of me” brusqueness. From educated analytic to prurient voyeur … engaging society’s myriad commercial, cultural and personal matrixes with punchy wit and unflinching honesty.
We love her … and suspect you will, too. Well, when you’re not hating her. Because there’s seriously no middle ground when it comes to Liz.
We have no clue what Liz will write about. Or how often she’ll write. Also, we know next-to-nothing about her politics leanings – or whether she’ll even write about politics at all.
All we know is our microphone is now her microphone … and we’re excited to see what she’s got to say. More importantly, we’re excited for the new perspective she’ll be bringing to this site.
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I’d hit it.
There is no “Liz”, this photo was taken at the Microtel off Two Notch and then posted in the escort section of Backpage.
The carpet and decor do look upscale and “discrete”.
The carpet
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The trend today is bare floor
… it’s like the Hotel California in our founding editor’s head.
Warm smell of colitas?
What is a colita? I’ve been wondering since 1977.
Never mind, makes total sense now that the urban dictionary has defined it… Damn pot head devil worshipping hippies
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1053/in-the-song-hotel-california-what-does-colitas-mean
Interesting site.
colas are the sticky mass of female flowers that form the tips (tails) of the most potent marijuana branches. Colita is Spanish for “little tail”…”Colas de langosta enchiladas” is Lobster Tail Enchiladas… while “Colitas de langosta enchiladas” is baby lobster tails simmered in hot sauce with Spanish rice and… well, getting some “tail”… when you hang out with Mexicans, you get all kinds of backwater slang/spanglish spinning off all over the place.. mix in some stoned white guys in Taos trying to be cool by trying to co-opt what they hear “on the street”.. and you get some dumbass singing Cole E TUS with that fucked up California fake hypnotic croon like it means something special.
Who needed seven years of college, I learn more here than I ever did as an undergrad….
I know the feeling- thought I would have to go join the freakin’ Peace Corps…
this could be heaven or this could be hell
…born with a silver spoon in her nose..
“All we know is our microphone is now her microphone”
Yeah baby, speak into the microphone.
Now *that* is a speed freak!
Perhaps a close up of the teeth for confirmation?
They sure don’t look like Nikki’s Beaver type !
I think we can expect a solid beam of run on rant, interrupted only by short bursts of rabbit trail asides… full steam locomotive breath in text.
“big wheels keep on turning,,,,,,”
Wasn’t she selling tie-dyed t shirts and blotter acid at one of the Grateful Dead Concerts out of an old rusty van?
That shit was rat poison!
“the brown acid is not specifically too good”
It seemed like Tina was on speed when she did that song.
Nut bush city limits was her peak!
Had no idea that she wrote that song till your post, grew up in the mid to late 70’s in Detroit and always assumed it was Seger…thanks for the info.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9prefs1ws0
I actually caught this one after your reference, I like it a little better even though it has the wife beater in it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eedJBiFyhk
I like it better too. I have been searching for a higher quality video of that one, but couldn’t find it. Thanks.
The way she steps into it with arched back is perfect.
The “sarcastic indifference” part sounds intriguing. But for looks to matter, you’d need to use a photo of a young Tom Selleck.
Hi Liz, you’re smoking hot. I think Sic has good taste. Welcome to the Fits news.
“you’re smoking hot” — I didn’t want to be the first to speak..
You people’s taste in women is…confusing. ” Smoking hot”? “drop dead gorgeous”? Seriously? Don’t most of you people live in Columbia? Just ride past a USC football game one weekend..it might open your eyes as to what “smoking hot” and “drop dead gorgeous” is.
It’s like a bizzaro world in here for taste in women. No wonder Folks was so proud of banging Haley.
ya’ been getting many dates lately..??
You mean the ones my wife doesn’t know about?
Sure
You are a…..GUY?
OMFG!
(o(O)
You are a…..GUY?
E Norma Skok….enormous cock.
TBG surmises the “Norma” created your gender confusion, Shifty.. : D
Ya’ got me there — never picked up on that!
We’re mostly old, ugly, toothless, farts whose dicks only get hard in our memories. It doesn’t take much to get us excited. That said, I do tend to agree with you.
Can you post some nekkid pics for us? We’re always up for a little “smoking hot” strange!
The world is full of smart, confident, gorgeous people in possession of strong opinions …
There’s not as many of us as you think…
I thought it was just us.
Buy that gal some Baconators!
If you cut her, she’d probably bleed collard greens and neck bones.
TBG thinks nicotine and Diet Coke.
That’s Liz C. Gunn. Twitter profile here: https://twitter.com/lizcgunn
Ah. Twitter Bio: “Wife, new mom, daydreamer, overanalyzer, event planner.” Wasn’t she pimping that First Citizens Cafe that Willie ran ads – um, articles – for a while back? Here’s her blog if you want to know what she’ll be writing about. Don’t know why Willie’s acting like it’s a big ‘ol secret:
thelifeidesigned.blogspot.com
Oh it’s no secret —he just blogged about it. Hi!
I was referring to this sentence: “We have no clue what Liz will write about.” Read for context, dear.
I’m new here, dear. But that’s actually a true statement.
Do you have a clue? Eh em about what you’re going to say.
Have you ever been to Moore, SC. I live in a tent however have plenty of water and Tootsie-Rolls.
Notice!!!
That is NOT “sparklecity” posting referencing Moore,SC.
I am asking a polite legimate question; not engaging in BS you would expect from some pimple faced junior high school kid.
“FITS”:
Please make sure you cross reference the handle of posters with their email to prevent imposters
Someone is posting as “sparklecity”. The above post clearly demonstrates that.
I suspect the imposter in this case is “Sandi Morals” who is a proven liar and coward.
Sincerely,
“sparklecity”
yeah a catfight already! Just don’t let old Will get caught on a security cam pulling your skirt up or it will be all over the place. Good luck with this crowd.
Please tell me your mother’s name is not Vicky…………..
It’s not.
Thanks.
That’s good to know!!!!!
As posted earlier, you strongly resemble an old girlfriend from 42 years ago who lives in the Columbia area.
I thought,it just might be…………………………….
Wishing you success on this site
Bet you thought it was a long lost love child, huh?
Sounds like it will be about how much she adores her daughter, family, etc. Nothing wrong with that but don’t most of us have our own families to relate to? Doesn’t sound like edge-of-your-seat reading.
Maybe I will be shown to be wrong, though.
If it’s not logically sound, we will be fair. That is actually a favor and a service to you. Also: Independence and uniqueness are rare these days. Don’t try to front, or you will be called on it, w/ details. Good luck. A departure from cliche CERTAINLY is needed on this site.
This is Will’s favorite bible passage, but I like it also. This is for you, Liz. Welcome to fits.
Song of Solomon 7:
1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor
So, that’s a no on the belly shots?
That solves any problem with lint and crumbs. Must be an innie and not an outie.
Liz, greetings to you (compliments later) ….. and what are you hiding under your shirt? Is it a camera/recording device? Or is it..??
She’ll get a fair shot here, one would think. The last mommy Will brought on did (I forget her name), which is why her departure for Georgia worked out so well for all parties involved.
Amy Lazenby …..(sigh)
Dude please…that chic’s drivel made my head hurt. Even if we’re talking about the standard objectification thing, she wasn’t that hot. ;-)
I skimmed over her lengthy articles just in case something interesting (that I agreed with) appeared — but if she and I had a personal discussion the cops would show up with batons and pepper spray..
yawn…you need people who actually have good genes, left their comfort zones, lived outside their parents sphere of influence, can talk with those in and actually survived living in the underbelly of society. Engaging in public sex acts or office affairs is not a quality that garners experience for blogs. You, Fits, have a lot of nigger in you…phony, but it is there. Makes for interesting reading, but being a hard nigger when you have to and playing one are two different outcomes from a life that either goes from one tough neighborhood to another or a life that goes from one keg party to another. The tip line and your journalist education makes this turd float…now just float down the river without all the acrimony and people with no life skills other than running off at the mouth..
Who’s Amy Wizenheimer?
A new perspective with a twist? Hmmmmm. This could be interesting.
Do you live in a hotel?
Not everyone can live in mom’s basement well into their adulthood like you, T.
The originally of that statement befits you.
More of a deflection than a denial…
Hey, if the myth fits wear it…if that’s what it takes to keep you off anti-depressants…(although lying to yourself to cope, may be a sign you’re on anti-depressants)…
Quick Quiz: .. which of the following will be the title of GrandTango’s autobiography?
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1) The Myth of GrandTango
2) The Mythery of GrandTango
3) The Meth of GrandTango
4) The Math of GrandTango
5) The Muther of GrandTango
50 Shades of Bullshit
“Rollin’ With The T: One Man’s Quest to f$@** up Liberal-Tarians Using Only a Computer in His Mom’s Basement”
hah-hah….good one, and plenty of CAPS
Looks like TBG picked the wrong week to quit Abilify™.
—– and I’ll bet his mom won’t let him have windows or an outside door, and no light bulbs higher than 40 watts.
Still strict, dead upstairs in a rocking chair, facing the window.
LMAO!!!! That coming from a guy that lies about having a full-time job and posts on FITS 24/7?
Now, don’t you regret drinking all that koolaid out of aluminum tumblers all those years?
Welcome, Liz. Shut up, the rest of you jerks.
That photo looks like something that came out of The Shining.
Hopefully her writing will be interesting, though.
Well, I just put her lovely image on my desktop – and will be there each day she posts an article.
My thoughts exactly….put a knife in her hand, some ice on those walls and you’ve got The Shining….Now run.
Sorry, but I am currently out of town, and yes – in a hotel. It was the best I could do on short notice…with about 5 free minutes. I’ll try harder next time.
Liz– Congratulations to you for surviving your initiation to this Zoo. Now awaiting for your future articles……..
” Oh, and she’s drop dead gorgeous and has impeccable taste in everything – including shoes,,,” Liz, please don’t be shy about showing some leg shots ( six-inch heels with a mid-thigh skirt ?).
That’s certainly not fashion by Dr. Dre.
“From heartfelt empathy to “back the f*ck
up off of me” brusqueness. From educated analytic to prurient voyeur …
engaging society’s myriad commercial, cultural and personal matrixes
with punchy wit and unflinching honesty.”
Very nice, Will.
You were educated in South Carolina?
“Seamlessly meandering from earnest appeal to sarcastic indifference. From heartfelt empathy to “back the f*ck up off of me” brusqueness. From educated analytic to prurient voyeur engaging punchy wit and unflinching honesty.”
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Ooooh, Yes! Liz is a definite attraction to Shifty because he gets that action several times a week (please leave your coffee cup on the hat stand before slamming the door on your way OUT!
“We have no clue what Liz will write about. Or how often she’ll write. Also, we know next-to-nothing about her politics leanings – or whether she’ll even write about politics at all.”
OK, then Will, clue us in, on this magic spell she has cast over you. With me it usually happens after five Yuenglings…..
My guess is Will had to bring in reinforcements for the libs/soc/Marxists that contribute to FITS as they have been taking an ass whippin DAILY with the truth from conservatives and those that are trying to save this country from Democrats.
The projection of intellectual prowess based on facts, wit and repetiion of such by conservatives has overwhelmed the ‘enemy’ on this forum and they need help.
Best wishes Liz. You have been assigned an impossible task defending idiots and falsehoods if that is indeed your ‘mission’. :-)
I welcome her and wish her success.
Only thing is she strongly resembles the bitch who broke my heart back in 1972………………
Not that I’m bitter or anything…………………………….
“The first cut is the deepest”
Probably her grandmother. Sounds like she had good taste..:)…
Dear “Lizza”………
So you really want to be taken seriously…!? Really…? Well,…..for starters, why in the world would you have Mr. Folks post a picture of you in a hotel corridor as you stroll out of a room taking your morning walk of SHAME..?
Stop it……..right now, little lady…!!
We expect our women around her to wear BOOTS…!!!
We have brave men and women CONSUMERS around the world getting killed and you pose for smile…!?!? How dare you….!!!
THIS …IS…..WAR…..!!
Dear Brian Hicks………..
Is this the type of “Reporting” that your going to stand for in our state…!?! Just what does this picture infer of this WOMAN…!?!
We bold face DARE you to ask Abigail Darlington how she would like a photo of her like this to be used by the Post and Courier..!? Ya know….its a free country but maybe Wil Folks is just using this photo to show how readers in our state don’t care…!? Maybe Wil Folks is illustrating how some readers who don’t care have been used to reporting and writing that has been found in newsprint across our state..!?
Brian…..this is South Carolina. Would Scarlett O’Hara allow such a photo to be used by General Sherman…!?….
Brian….it is time for you to pen a brief article on the steps WOMEN can take to get their bosses to show up in COURT…!!
WE ARE FED…UP…!!!
Dear Taliban leadership in Mosul……
My bold and brave cowards, we would like to offer praise and prayers for your victory over women on the FITSNEWS front…!! This picture by Wil Folks is no different than the pictures YOU use of women in Burkas…!!! By the way….would Louis Farrakhan display a picture of women who work for the Nation of Islam like this..!? Heck, at least the Post and Courier showed Lin Bennett sitting behind her Republican stooge desk…!!!
SO…..dear Taliban leadership considering your more caring than ISIS fighters in Iraq….would you get a band of your fellow brothers to rescue some women on a mountain in Iraq…!? http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/07/the-islamic-states-bloody-campaign-to-exterminate-minorities-even-genghis-khan-didnt-do-this/?tid=hp_mm
We know you understand Genghis Khan better than Wil Folks…!!
Liz……
when you read this article……what does it tell YOU about Sheheen or Ravenel…?
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/nixon-and-the-media-109773.html?hp=f2#.U-OwK_ldU0w
Liz………you have now been on the clock for a couple of hours and your really responsive to “Grand Tango”….
Hmm…..
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/unwitting-star-burger-kings-blow-job-ad-finally-lashes-out-company-159347
….just sayin….
Dear Liz, you only have to survive the first 24 hours on Fitsnews.
Liz
They bray big and bellow louder, but with a modicum of deftness of blade and some thickness of skin you will neuter half and impress and befriend the other half.
I expect “Liz” will be another far right wing shill labeling anyone with a social conscience a “liberal.” Readers here would eat that up.
You are waaaaay off! Stay tuned :)