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05 Dec 2009 10:41

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Culture: More vapid men showing off their chest hair for some reason

  • Even if people were making fun of me, calling me ‘Miami Vice’ like they used to in college, I would still wear it. It feels comfortable and I like the way it looks. If you can pull off three buttons undone, then do it.
  • “True Blood” star Mehcad Brooks • On his tendency to wear his shirts with a few buttons down. It’s apparently a hip trend right now, according to The Wall Street Journal. In terms of the credit for the popular return of the trend, they claim Tom Ford, the fashion-designer-turned-director, was first to the scene after it went away for a couple of decades. We hate stupid trends. source
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05 Dec 2009 10:22

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Tech: Reuters’ redesign is one of those designs that starts slow, gets better

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  • The interesting thing about Reuters’ redesign is the same thing that’s interesting about “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem: It starts out not looking like much, but as you get further down the page you realize that there’s a ton going on here. That’s how it starts, the way it does in bad films. Except the part where the motor kicks in. source
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05 Dec 2009 10:03

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Culture: Former WWE wrestler Umaga dead of heart attack at 36

Nobody should die of a heart attack at age 36. It just isn’t freaking right. Umaga died months after getting booted from the WWE for not going to rehab. source
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05 Dec 2009 09:48

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Politics: Max Baucus wasn’t cheating; he was just ethically unsound

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  • There has to be a public option joke we can make here. The Montana senator, who was in the news for months due to his role in the health care debate, recently admitted to nominating Melodee Hanes for the U.S. attorney post while he was having a romantic relationship with her. She backed out, however, after they decided they wanted to move in together. Unlike most situations like this, BTW, this wasn’t cheating. The relationship began when he was separated from his wife – who he has since divorced. source
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05 Dec 2009 09:30

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Culture: The Tiger Woods situation keeps getting messier and messier

  • four women have reportedly come forward in the Tiger Woods case
  • two of the women are cocktail waitresses; it’s a thing source
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05 Dec 2009 09:23

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Tech: David Pogue’s recent Verizon article leads to FCC investigation

  • If the ETF is meant to recoup the wholesale cost of the phone over the life of the contract, why does a $120 ETF apply?
  • The FCC • In a letter to Verizon asking them why their recently-changed early termination fees are so high. They also asked about these finicky $1.99 charges for accessing the Web our boy David Pogue brought up (along with these fees) in an article last month. This warms our heart because it proves the FCC is actually listening to concerns like these as they come up. source
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05 Dec 2009 00:55

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Biz: Slim-Fast has some scary bacteria, just got recalled en masse

  • 10 million cans of Slim-Fast need to hit the trash, fast source
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