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15 Jul 2009 13:11

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Music: D’arcy Wretsky of the Smashing Pumpkins comes out from hiding

Wooooowww. Blast from the past. The bassist chick in the Smashing Pumpkins randomly showed up on a Chicago radio station recently. She sounds BAD. source

15 Jul 2009 12:57

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Tech: We’re convinced USA Today is trying to run us out of business

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  • This shot of brilliance was put together by USA Today as a way to present all the headlines of the day like a deck of cards. Flip them over, and it reorders them. Our management isn’t going to like this, guys. source

15 Jul 2009 12:43

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U.S.: So the poor get healthcare, the rich get surtaxed?

  • 5.4% size of the proposed surtax recommended for wealthy Americans in the House’s health care bill
  • $54,000 amount of money, per million, those who make more than $1 million per year will be expected to pay source

15 Jul 2009 12:20

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U.S.: Mark Sanford is on another undisclosed trip, this time WITH his wife

  • This trip is personal in nature, and we’re not going to offer any further comment. The governor remains committed to repairing the damage he’s done to his marriage, and so it shouldn’t be any surprise that spending personal time with his wife is a part of that process.
  • S.C. Governor Mark Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer • On his boss’ decision to leave the state for a week with his wife Jenny, not saying specifically where he’s going. Last time he did that, he was in the Appalachia…Argentina with another woman. But his wife wasn’t there. • source

15 Jul 2009 12:10

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Sports: The AL won the all-star game again. Big whoop. Here’s their streak.

  • 13 straight years of being unbeaten in the mid-season classic source

15 Jul 2009 10:53

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Tech: Microsoft’s Office 2010 ad proves they have a sense of humor

  • MS instantly earns brownie points for this wonderful ad about their best product. We miss you like a brother, Clippy. source

15 Jul 2009 10:33

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Offbeat: A snap analysis of the ten names most likely to turn boys bad

This is a stupid list. Unspeakably idiotic. Let us just preface with that. But apparently, some researchers did some research and said that boys with these names faced more difficulty through life, would more likely face workplace discrimination and would find themselves on the wrong side of the law more often. So, here goes. Remember, stupid list:
  • 1. Alec: Because, clearly, guys with French-sounding names are more likely to be trailer trash.
    2. Ernest: I’m currently pulling your hair or giving you a swirlie. I haven’t decided which yet.
    3. Garland: It’s not the kid who’s the bad egg. It’s the mother who named him.
    4. Ivan: Terrible name. Just terrible.
    5. Kareem: We’re sure Mr. Abdul-Jabbar would disagree with you on this statement.
    6. Luke: Can you really blame him for being a bad egg? He didn’t even know how bad a guy his father was until “Empire.”
    7. Malcolm: He’s currently in the middle of a transition from child-acting roles to adulthood, and we’re sure Frankie Muniz recently robbed a bank.
    8. Preston: Every preppy dude we couldn’t stand, ever, was named Preston.
    9. Tyrell: Like the other names on this list, when we think of Tyrell, we think “evil incarnate.”
    10. Walter: How could you leave us here so long with Uncle Walter? source
 

15 Jul 2009 10:09

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Culture, Tech: Twitter, the game show = Game show, the stupid idea

  • In this choose your own adventure type journey, the players rely partially on the influence and knowledge of their twitter followers and supporters, the strength of their teamwork, and their ambition to advance them from spot to spot … and bringing them one step closer to that final tweet.
  • From a pitch on a Twitter-inspired game show called “FinalTweet” • This game show, BTW, would pit teams of young entrepreneurs against non-profits for the hopes of winning a $100,000 grand prize. Wow… what a stupid idea. WOW. • source

15 Jul 2009 09:56

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World: Another Iran story: Not on the election … but still very sad.

  • 168 people suspected dead in a giant plane crash source