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Entries from November 2007

A Sneaky Way To Deal With The Trolls

November 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The folks at SF Gate may be on to something.  Everybody wins!

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Tags: Technology · The Press

Your Hawks Advisor

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

The “stock watch” concept when it comes to sports is sort of hit and miss.  Wilbon and Kornheiser do a good job with it on PTI while the two goofs on The Fan have turned it into a form of FM DJ shtick.  Argument for the sake of argument.  And I hate that.  But as […]

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Tags: Winter Hawks

Weekend Wrap-Up

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Sorry for the late post today. I worked late last night then was up early this morning. I had to set my alarm! The weekend overall was relaxing. I didn’t eat nearly as much as some would have liked, but whatever. I watched some football and made a couple of […]

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Tags: Arizona Cardinals · Man City · My American Life · Sports · Winter Hawks

Get Well Soon, Danny Federici

November 24th, 2007 · No Comments

E-Street keyboardist Danny Federici has had to drop out of the band’s current tour to seek treatment for melanoma. According to Reuters, Monday’s show in Boston, Federici’s last for now, was peppered with several signature Federici moments. We wish him well and hope he’s back when the band hits the States again in […]

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Tags: Music

Hillary Downshifts

November 23rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Things are going sideways in Iowa, so it’s time to lower expectations.
Our definition of success doesn’t necessarily mean coming in first.
Howard Dean said the same thing the night he let out the scream that ended his candidacy.
Hard to believe, but there’s only six weeks to go until the Iowa caucus.  I think Hillary’s in for […]

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Tags: Politics

Rudy Giuliani, Flip-Flopper

November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Talking Points Memo has a link to quite possibly the greatest Rudy quote ever.
“I had traditionally been a Democrat,” Giuliani told me in a recent interview in Las Vegas. “It was almost like a reflex mode. I actually remember saying to myself, ‘If I was a person really deciding who should be president right now, […]

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Tags: Politics

But Only During The Holidays

November 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

95%ALCOHOLIC
Take that, Jack Bog.

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Tags: My American Life

Get the Skinny

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Curious about your neighborhood?  Are you keeping up with the Jones’?  ZIPskinny will tell you everything you want to know about folks in your zip code and those around you.
Yikes.

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Tags: My American Life · Regional

I Will Never Apologize

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Andrew Sullivan is running a contest to determine the best, worst, and best-worst videos of the 80s. Somehow “Pour Some Sugar On Me” ended up as a nominee for the worst. At Oregon City High School in 1988, seniors were issued copies of Hysteria along with our student body cards. There was […]

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Tags: Music · My American Life

Barack Obama’s Secret Weapon

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Michelle Obama will be co-hosting “The View” on December 5th.

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Tags: Politics