• 16 Mar 2009 at 2:12 PM

NoSleeves Talks Reps

Picture 898.pngNewsday interviewed a bunch of reporters over the weekend about how hard it is to cover a recession, and their various coping mechanisms for getting through the difficult period. Obviously there’s only one we (you) care about. Apparently he was short on time, otherwise you know he would’ve gotten down to the nitty gritty re: BoFlex routines, Myoplex shakes, Champion sweatshirts without sleeves, and getting bombed at Elaine’s after a hard day at the office. As an aside, is “colleagues” a loose term that includes the Dealbreaker community? If not, I give you permission, nay, strong encouragement, to get angry.

Charles Gasparino is a former amateur boxer-turned-reporter for publications including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal and Newsday. But those days in the ring probably are serving him best now as he works the longest, hardest and most downbeat story of his career for CNBC as its on-air editor.
“I work out every day for an hour and 15 minutes,” he says, and by “work out,” “Gaspo” – as he’s known to colleagues – does wind sprints by the East River near his home in Stuyvesant Town and a fast set of 36 pull-ups and sit-ups. “You just crank ‘em out,” he says. The nighttime decompression routine, however, is different: “I do occasionally include an alcoholic beverage,” he says.
“There’s a reason I make a good martini now.”

Comments (16)

  1. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    Gaspo does squats at the Blue Oyster.

  2. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    I dont mind Charles – its Donny Douchebag that and the everlying Jim Lamer who make my stomach revolt.
    Apparently John Stewart and Fox News exposed Kramer telling one thing to his TV audience and another to an insider (caught on tape).
    CNBC should put these two clowns together on a financial comedy hour,before its own reputation keeps going down the toilet.
    Watching Kramer is like watching 1 hour of a Crazy Eddie commercial (Coulter).

  3. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Being a former boxer would help explain some of the dumb shit that comes out of his mouth.

  4. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    He left out the part about his steam room routine with the towel boy at Equinox.

  5. Posted by Lowly Assistant | March 16, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    No mention of the camelbak filled with equal parts of creatine and vodka? Or the fact that he’s sponsored by Boar’s Head when competing in triathlons?
    Newsday: get on your shit.

  6. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    Give me back that fillet-o-fish!
    Give me that fish…
    Give me back that fillet-o-fish!
    Give me that fish…

  7. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    @6 – F yourself. Just about had that outta my head from the weekend. Advert firm that created it should be plundered.

  8. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    Oh that man is just just sexy as hell…

  9. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM

    @7 — Tell me about it. I hate myself, but did not want to suffer alone.
    6

  10. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:06 PM
  11. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    #8 must be a guy

  12. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    funny, no mention of swapping backroom BJs with santelli though…

  13. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    @ 6 & 7
    glad it’s not just me
    YOU WOULDN’T LIKE IT IF IT WAS YOU ON THIS WALL.
    IF IT WAS YOU IN THAT SANDWICH YOU WOULDN’T BE LAUGHIN AT ALL!!

  14. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    You knew it was gonna happen:
    http://www.fixcnbc.com

  15. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    @2
    C is the msg in the cheese food that fills the space between two pieces of dry white toast.
    Donny; just because you are on third base does not mean you hit a triple.
    the tribe

  16. Posted by guest | March 16, 2009 at 8:47 PM

    gas bag should publish his strength resume

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