Sweet Child of Mine
Celebrities Are Way Too Skinny…
… The camera adds 10-20 pounds, too. What does that say about these gaunt celebrities? "From Overheard in New York: Woman holding baby: Excuse me, what did you say? Woman with clipboard: I asked you if you would like to join the Democractic Party. Woman holding baby: No, I’m not poor! —Washington Square Park" Via The Club for Growth Blog 73% Redneck "Analysts say Google may be spending more than $1 billion on infrastructure projects, including purchases of a ‘dark fiber’ backbone. The reason for the purchases is a riddle to the industry, but one Internet consultant recently offered a new answer to the puzzle." Do no evil does not mean do good. Via digg & eWeek. "Aaron Spelling created a number of hit series, from the vintage ‘Charlie’s Angels’ to ‘Beverly Hills 90210.’" My condolences. NYTs "Colombia’s Farc rebels are prepared to swap hostages and talk peace, a spokesman tells Venezuelan TV." Via BBC News "Hiroshi Okuda stepped down Friday after a career in which he helped transform Toyota from Japan’s biggest automaker into a global powerhouse." NYTs "The World Urban Forum ends its Vancouver session with a call for more attention to problems of the urban poor." You have to be bloody kidding me. What? Was the organization originally founded to focus on the urban elite thus far? Via BBC News "An Indonesian who died after catching the virus from his son represents the first confirmed case of human-to-human transmission of the disease." The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Where is Indonesia?* Via NYTs more I am going to revive the real memes.org because I really miss the conspiracy theories surrounding the occult and the new world order. Almost better than dinner at Mortons paid for by your CEO. Since debuting into my consciousness submarine-like in a James Bond flick, the Lotus Esprit has been the perfect thing. Good Lord, what Lotus did with a four-cylinder engine and a turbo was the stuff of legend. The Evo and the WRX could only hope to ever be an Esprit turbo. Well, there will be a 2008 Lotus Esprit, thanks be to Jesus Christ. Via Jalopnik and Edmonds "Command line isn’t actually that complicated. If you’re curious, read on!" You clicker! You lame-ass clicker! Good Lord, I can’t even stand watching you! Via digg & Free Software Magazine "For most women riding the New York City subway system, being groped or flashed by a man creates a sense of helplessness." Does this happen to women who ride Washington Metro? Via the NYTimes. Cheers to Lexicon mayor of the blogosphere and all blogonians!! Amazing work. There are lots of people accusing Jon Stewart, and guess the Daily Show, of being "bad for democracy?" To control search engine results one needs to both promote friendly content and knock down unfriendly content. more If you’re under 25, please vote for your favorite male and female intern from Capitol Hill. If you’re over 25, don’t even think about it. "Amid Iraq debate, Republicans cut the estate tax, fight off a minimum-wage increase and stall the Voting Rights Act." Salon, you say this like it’s a bad thing. Go team! "People have fewer close friends nowadays than two decades ago." Via digg & Live Science "The reason bloggers have more fun is simple: we don’t have editors, we can tell you what we think instead of pretending we don’t have opinions, most of us can work in our pajamas if we want to, and we don’t have to worry about being politically correct." Via B.L. Ochman Overheard in New York… Both David and Diane are suffering varying levels of PTSD after last night’s tremendous thunderstorms. According to B.L. Ochman, "Tech billionaire Mark Cuban, whose forthright communication makes him one of my heroes, has turned off comments on his blog." Mr. Cuban, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Mike Signer lives an exemplary life. I was not surprised when he published an article on American Exemplarism, A City on a Hill, "Exemplarism would value both strength and international prestige equally, seeing them not as mutually exclusive but rather as mutually reinforcing." In The strange death of modern advertising, Lord Maurice Saatchi admits that 50-year-old advertising is dead, "The word comes first and it is singular - one word, not several words. For a brand, the word comes before all actions, in all media, at all times." more more When I left NMS, I left behind three weeks of vacation, the vacation that was supposed to take me on this route across the country. "If we had real competition then the whole net neutrality debate would go away," said Sean Garrett on Silicon Valley Watcher. I wholeheartedly agree. more From the link from Steve Rubel to the link from Tristan Roy, Edelman bloggers are part of a mutual admiration society. more Although the idea of creating an urban etiquette guide is solid, the list is amazingly effete and too nancy-ass to really be taken seriously. But I guess etiquette is by its very nature pretty nancy-ass. more "Republican-controlled Senate derails proposed election-year increase in minimum wage." Historically, have increases in minimum wages ever changed anything for the better? Is a minimum-wage job sustainable? Are jobs lost when wages are mandated? Do increases actually get people out of poverty or off government assistance? Via Drudge Retort, CBS News.
Democrat == Poor == Brand Perception Problem
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Up Is Down Black is White and Conspiracy is the New Black
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Command Line for the Masses of Asses
Do DC Women Get Groped and Flashed on WMATA?
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are Good for Democracy
Search Engine Protection and Promotion Campaigning
Hill Intern Hotties Contest on Wonkette
Give Me a G Give Me an O Give Me a P
Americans are Friendless Abroad and At Home
Bloggers Live Longer Than Journalists
SiteScore for www.chrisabraham.com is 7.6
Why Fundraising and Fundraisers are in Trouble
Girl #1: I have to go to a wine-tasting tonight for some charity.
Girl #2: What’s the charity?
Girl #1: I don’t know, some kind of dystrophy.
Big Bad Scarey Thunder and Lightning
Allya the Beluga Whale Blows Bubble Rings in Japan
A City on a Hill by Mike Signer
Three Seats Left for Blogging Workshop on June 27th
Of the 15 seats available for my A Blog of Your Own blogging workshop, 12 are already spoken for and three remain. Better register quickly or you’re out of luck.
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August 22nd, 2009 at 7:30 pm
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August 31st, 2009 at 5:49 pm
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