SUMMER OF NEW JOBS, PART WHATEVER

My first week in sports is in the books. With Jerry Rice heading to Seattle and the Red Sox mounting a historic comeback, it's been, um, busy. But speaking of work, it turns out I am, in fact, replaceable. It was announced Monday that Niranda will be taking over my old job. So, if you have your pencils and your scorecards ready: JR started talking to our Sports editor in January about putting together "Morning Buzz" for page 2 of our sports section every day. Doing this meant that he came back to work full-time and his wife stepped down as Travel editor to spend more time at home. The Features copy chief moved into the Travel job. Josh left Metro to take the vacant Features job. Sal left Sports to take Josh's old job. Amy took Sal's job and then I took her job. Now Niranda is leaving business to take my job. How many careers must be altered to to produce Morning Buzz? So far, the count is at eight. Stay tuned... I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP: Dave Barry is going to stop writing his column in January. If you like U.S. history, you should read his book Dave Barry Slept Here. Hi-larious. HOW DID I MISS THIS: The Modern Humorist guys (you've seen them on Best Week Ever, and the Globe just ran a story about them) did a parody of Romenesko a few years ago. Ha! Best link: "EARLIER: Bil Keane still alive." On a side note, I knew those guys were from Brooklyn, but their old address suggests they were just two blocks away from Dan and Angie's old place. Funny. You know, to me. And maybe them. IN UNIVERSITY NEWS: DePauw took a pass on Tommy Lee, but the University of Nebraska knows a good opportunity when it sees it... and the University of Colorado knows bad publicity when it sees it. It seems students who talked to newspapers about the heavy, heavy drinking at the school received letters from the Chancellor saying how disappointed he was that would portray the school in a negative light. The truth hurts, eh Chancellor? [Thanks, Ben]