January 2009
69 posts
livefrommybedroom:
this is called “mr....
President Obama on $20 billion in Wall Street...
One point I want to make is that all of us are going to have responsibilities to get this economy moving again. And when I saw an article today indicating that Wall Street bankers had given themselves $20 billion worth of bonuses — the same amount of bonuses as they gave themselves in 2004 — at a time when most of these institutions were teetering on collapse and they are asking for...
Wall Street and the Super Bowl Theory [LINK] →
The Super Bowl Theory holds that a victory by an NFC team or an original (pre-1970 merger) NFL team —the Browns, Colts, or Steelers— point to a bullish market the following year. An AFC victory signals a bearish drop in the market. The Super Bowl Theory has accurately forecasted the stock market 31 times.
If you enjoy/suffer from football apathy you might want to consider cheering...
making a play for the business trip
(excerpt from an e-mail I sent to the project manager this morning)
Tim and I have decided that if you need to set up a field office in Kauai to get all of this work done, that is not a problem for us. We are happy to get down in the sunny, sandy trenches with them for as long as it takes.
(update)
We get that times are tough and we want to do our part. Tim and I are also considering offering...
“Our president’s approval rating is somewhere between pictures of baby pandas on...”
– Rachel Maddow (via uoma)
“I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re goin’,...”
– Mitch Hedberg (via affremblequotes)
House Passes Obama’s Stimulus Package [LINK] →
Without a single Republican vote, President Obama won House approval on Wednesday for an $819 billion economic recovery plan as Congressional Democrats sought to hold down their own difference over the enormous package of tax cuts and spending.
YESSSSS!
The “fair and balanced” Fox article on the plan titled, “Obama Stimulus Package Really Socialism?” can be found...
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Tracy Chapman - Thinking Of You (via...
“Second, [Obama]’s setting up the Republicans to overtly and obviously look like...”
– Docudharma:: Don’t worry, they WILL learn.
(via robot-heart-politics)
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tree-huggers for Obama
Dear lady at the bus stop,
While I appreciate your enthusiasm there is no need to wear both the Obama/Biden pin and the tree-huggers for Obama pin. You are wearing office clothes with white “just for the commute” sneakers, a sage green North Face jacket and you have foregone the matching purse for a practical and seemingly rugged backpack. While I suppose possible though unlikely...
Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk [LINK] →
Drinking coffee may do more than just keep you awake. A new study suggests an intriguing potential link to mental health later in life, as well. A team of Swedish and Danish researchers tracked coffee consumption in a group of 1,409 middle-age men and women for an average of 21 years. During that time, 61 participants developed dementia, 48 with Alzheimer’s disease.
Seattlites may have an...
“Dear World,
The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of...”
– “Service Outage (a note from the USA)” : Rolling Stone : National Affairs Daily (via codery)
Of course the United States has never been the exclusive service provider of liberty and democracy, but I very much enjoyed the above Rolling Stone exerpt.
Obama reverses abortion-funds policy [LINK] →
President Barack Obama on Friday quietly ended the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option. Liberal groups welcomed the decision, while abortion rights foes criticized the president.
Known as the “Mexico City policy,” the ban has been reinstated and then reversed by Republican and...
New Menupages →
heyitseva:
(via kateheffernan)
yesssss. finally having someone bring me food won’t be so hard on the eyes.
Seriously! South Floria has a page but not Seattle? Come on, menuologists! Help us Seattleites out.
“Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if...”
– John Lennon (via simko)
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“It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari”
– Obama spokesman Bill Burton, as “Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Dark Ages of Technology:” washingtonpost.com (via somethingchanged)
“Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that...”
– President Barack Obama
“The unique thing about these last performances, and every celebration or...”
– Vibe: The Hip Hop Inauguration (via apsies)
“Rule 17: Don’t turn your back on bears, men you have wronged, or the dominant...”
– Dwight Schrute (via rulesformyunbornson)
copycats:
“The World’s Greatest” by Bonnie...
Help Our Wedding Make Cents [LINK] →
Meredith and Matt, some friends of my friends Matt and Eva, are getting married! Usually this wouldn’t merit further attention, but in this case their creativity deserves a shout out.
Meredith and Matt are pulic school teachers and thus they need help making their wedding happen. If you donate through pay pal to their wedding adventure you get an ad on the blog. Pretty neat idea. Any...
“The future is now, but, like the elusive Blue Monkey from the Merrie Melody...”
– my dear friend, Matt Smith, who I think is terrific
Sure, whatever.
singlescoop:
plainoljane:
verbalized:
An excerpt from a note someone posted on my building’s bulletin board, hand-lettered in bright red pen: “Please refrain from flushing your toilet, using your shower, or using your sink after 11:00 PM - I go to bed at 11:00 and get up at 7:00, and the sound of water running can wake me up. This is very stressful.”
This is when you say “Fuck the planet” and...
Always Drink Responsibly
dearoldlove:
All these years later, and the memory of ordering a Malibu and Coke in front of your beer-swilling friends still burns my cheeks with embarrassment.
The hundred years' war in Palestine - The... →
… a conflict that has lasted 100 years is not susceptible to easy solutions or glib judgments. Those who choose to reduce it to the “terrorism” of one side or the “colonialism” of the other are just stroking their own prejudices. At heart, this is a struggle of two peoples for the same patch of land. It is not the sort of dispute in which enemies push back and forth over a line until they...
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“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to...”
– Maya Angelou, Letter To My Daughter
This is part of the introduction. It’s what made me immediately want to read it.
(via julyshewillfly)
“When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me—about how I’d make my...”
– Barack Obama, A Letter to my Daughters (via apsies)
I’m counting down the days until i see him at a great distance. Less than ONE WEEK!
Nobody by Shel Silverstein
Nobody loves me,
Nobody cares,
Nobody picks me peaches and pears.
Nobody offers me candy and Cokes,
Nobody listens and laughs at me jokes.
Nobody helps when I get in a fight,
Nobody does all my homework at night.
Nobody misses me,
Nobody cries,
Nobody thinks I’m a wonderful guy.
So if you ask me who’s my best friend, in a whiz,
I’ll stand up and tell you that Nobody is.
But...
bunkercomplex:
Tegan and Sara - “Fix You Up”
“Start making it happen in the next 30 days, or forever hold your peace.”
– Sound advice from Rob Walling (via cubicle17)
Disney Rejection Letter From 1938 →
jordanlyons:
Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen.
Dear Miss Ford,
I hope you kneed Disney in the balls for all of us.
Sincerely,
Kelsi
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copycats:
“I Will Follow You Into the Dark”...
Resolution 2
My second resolution last year is a one I made three years ago and abandoned. I am back to try again, and this year I am determined.
I am going to make 52 new recipes this year. I will make one new thing a week. I plan to occasionally double up to make up for kitchen-less weeks when I am confined to a hotel.
I will post my recipes here as well as my commentary on the culinary journey....
