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NovemberNov 20 Thursday 08
Honoring Our Heroes
Just in time for your Christmas cards, the USPS will be unveiling a stamp honoring Bob Hope
Thanks for the memories, Mr Hope. You were one of the great ones.
"I Feel Safer Already"
CNN is quoting anonymous sources that Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for Secretary of Homeland Security.
She can't (or won't) handle the small stretch of border in her own state, and she is somehow going to figure out …
Women's Rights Around The World
A Muslim Uyghur woman who is more than six months pregnant remains under guard in a hospital in ChinaLike Looking in the Mirror
..or, you know, feeling really in sync with someone I've never met. Either way...
Why do I think Rachel and I may have been seperated at birth? I present the evidence:
Don't get me wrong; I'm not so shallow as to love a certain actor for looks alone. Talent is …
NovemberNov 18 Tuesday 08
One Born Every Minute
An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark
Let's examine that, shall we? Bad enough that she fell for it in the first place, but later in the story we learn that:"Her family and bank …
How's That Workin' For Ya?
With newspapers cutting back and predictions of even worse times ahead, Rupert Murdoch said the profession may still have a bright future if it can shake free of reporters and editors who he said have forfeited the trust and loyalty of their readers.
"My summary of the …
NovemberNov 17 Monday 08
More Tantrum Throwing
The Sundance Film Festival is known to be extremely supportive of gay & lesbian artists and projects.
Robert Redford's charity depends on the Sundance Film Festival as their main source of fund-raising.
However, because California passed Prop 8, and someone decided …
NovemberNov 16 Sunday 08
To Tweet or Not To Tweet
Yeah, I am way behind the times. I have a couple of friends who have been pushing Twitter for ages, but I just never saw the point. Like MySpace, which I played with enough to set up a large selection of music friends, but now don't log into often enough to know what …
Self Confessed
The most recent issue of New York magazine (check out the pic) features only one story on the cover: The President of Us. The subtitle - "the peculiar feeling of being part of America again"
Oh, and check this pull quote from inside
Now we have no choice but to be both …
NovemberNov 15 Saturday 08
Too Little, Too Late
I haven't been a huge fan of John McCain since a personal dealing I had with his office in 1987. I supported him as the nominee only because the alternative was so much worse. His selection of Governor Palin made his candidacy a lot more palatable.
The unbelievably …
TUNES - 70
It was time to change up the RadioBlog and, while enjoying Lori's playlist, I was reminded of how much I enjoy Kate Bush - so that's what y'all get.
I'll probably write more later, really stressful couple of days. I think the playlist is random currently, I may change …
Phil Gordon Is A Weenie
Yeah, I know that is common knowledge, but in case anyone was doubting it Gordon intends to remove all doubt.
UPDATE: I have just been reading some of the comments on that story, seems that I am not nearly the only one who thinks Gordon ought to consider working …
NovemberNov 12 Wednesday 08
Stating the Obvious
A woman was apparently killed when she tried to leave the ceremony initiating her into the KKK.
One of the more redundant quotes:
"The IQ level of this group is not impressive"They're members of a white supremacist organization, the lack of brain power goes without …
Gobsmacked
Perhaps I should hold off on my praise, but after four days of ownership I am ready to say:
G1 = best phone EVER.
(Unfortunately, their TV ads are weak and completely miss selling the features that make the phone so impressive and unique)
