Blogging Will Get You Fired

I'm not sure how many of you loyal Foul Balls readers are also readers of Kissing Suzy Kolber, but if you are, then you're more than familiar with the blogger over there who goes by the name of Christmas Ape. Along with writing for KSK, Ape also contributes on Deadspin from time to time.

Well, Ape is going to have a lot more free time to blog because he's been fired from his "real" job over at the Washington Post for what he's done on KSK.

Anyone who had 48 hours in the Ape Gets Fired For Coming Out On KSK Pool, please claim your prize of Cunt Puncher tattoo at the door. (link NSFW)

Upon sacking, I was told that I brought “discredit to the paper” with my choosing to drink at bars in my free time. Any good journo knows to keep the flask in the desk. That NFL PostSecret series also garnered far too few comments for their liking.

So now in lieu of a three-hour commute and tedious busywork, I can make the same amount of money writing the Further Adventures of Marmalard from my apartment. Sure, health insurance is nice, but it’s no constant masturbation breaks.

Still, getting escorted out of the building by security was no fun, and sharing the elevator with Dana Milbank on the way out was even worse, but none of that compares with the withering scorn of Jean Grey.

Ape, also known as Michael Tunison to non-internet nerds, seems to be handling it pretty well, and frankly he's right. He could make more money at KSK than he could doing what he does at the WaPo.

Still, it's utterly ridiculous that Tunison would be fired because he likes to get drunk at Steelers games and write satirical posts about Philip Rivers. Thankfully, my bosses at the Justice League still don't know about this blog. Let's keep it a secret, okay?