October 2008
57 posts
To my mom.
I miss you too. I miss my brothers…I miss my family. If I had known how much I would miss you and how much I would need you before I left, I wouldn’t have come here. If you lived here, I would live with you. And if I could have a future in Venezuela, and felt comfortable there, I would go back. But the truth is that I never felt myself there. I learned a lot in this Canadian culture,...
September 2008
62 posts
Economist: Why Bankruptcy is Better than Wall... →
Congress has balked at the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Under this plan, the Treasury would have bought the “troubled assets” of financial institutions in an…
“As an American typically ignorant of the arcane ways of the financial wizards,...”
– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/the-failure-of-because-i_b_130450.html
“President Palin could have prevented this mess. She is, after all, a financial...”
– Digg commenter for “Bailout Doesn’t Pass”
Oh Dear God: Latest Palin/Couric interview clip... →
She actually had to bring Dad with her as a chaperone this time around—and STILL managed to come off like a complete doofus.
John Kerry Takes It To McCain On Fox News →
How many ways can you say John McCain is a trainwreck by reciting simple facts? LOTS!
CNN Compares Tina Fey Parody to Real Palin... →
“That was the first time I’ve ever heard the parody on SNL actually use exactly what was said… It was a rough week for her.”
“26. Do you find members of the opposite sex confusing?
- No, I can read them...”
– LOL
—Christine on facebook….
“Letterman’s on fire this week”
– A digg commenter on a video by Letterman attacking McCain again today
“McCain holds the debate hostage. Obama refuses to negotiate with terrorists,...”
– http://twitter.com/academicdave
Poltical Test
Apparently I am a Social Liberal (65% permissive) and an… Economic Liberal (18% permissive)
You are best described as a: Socialist
(via: onemoretimewithfeeling)
Liveblogging the Emmys
7:34 - The red carpet: is Ryann Seacrest that short?!?
7:35 - Dexter guy… Michael C Hall… omg omg hyperventilating. He’s amazing.
7:39 - Holly Hunter looks awkward.
7:45 - Tom Hanks is looking old….
7:48 - Eva Langoria’s big front bow looks retarded. And whats with the short slicked back haircut?
7:49 - Tina Fey is my hero.
7:52 - Christine Aplegate is looking...
WatchAmazing short movie.
cottage bound. :D
is very sad for the shutdown of the sandwich box at queen st
Wrong Answer
Me: I don't mean to be a meddler, but I feel like sometimes I am one. I just think people should be honest with each other and if they can't be, then maybe I should just jump in, right? Blah blah blah blah blah! What do you think? Am I a meddler?
My HUSBAND: Yep.
Yaz: I love you, but yes. :)
New Obama ad: on the economy →
On the air…
Office Talk - What happens in an office full of...
Sales Guy: This is going to bite me in the ass.
Developer: Aaaaaaaalright
Sales Guy: Not in the good way
Developer: Not in the... close your eyes buckle down and experiment kinda way?
Last alarm’s snooze was more of a turning off thing. Oops.
wrrrrrkin’.
WatchThere has been absolutely nothing good on TV lately. Except this. This is just pure win.
WatchWas watching Michael Phelps on SNL tonight —he sucked btw, and remembered one of my fav SNL skits ever. Taco Town. :)
NFL logos altered to reflect their Week 1... →
onemoretimewithfeeling:
(via ffootball)
Sad, but true.
This is amazing… loving the question mark and the toilet
John McCain's ads are LIES. Here's the video... →
n the last few days we have seen a disgusting descent into the worst of sleazy smear politics. We need to spread the facts and the truth.
Is the TIFF good, or not? →
Which is it, Pop or Soda? The Results are In. →
A ridiculously detailed map showing what people call soft drinks across America.
“ATLAS will be used to search for the long-postulated Higgs boson as well as for...”
– Cuz once you smash enough whatever-you-call-them together suddenly the little particles are going to lift a flag and say “The cake is a lie! now stop smashing tiny bits of unseen thingies around trying to explain something you don’t even know its explainable”.
Source
The Harry Potter Secret Revealed (pic) →
Running so late. Ugh.
Why is it that when you’re in a rush, you can’t find anything???.
At the keg mansion about to have a really awesome dinner.
dinnertime?
party was awesome. yay.
this is leah..touching yaz’s comp. haha everyone is drunk
ready. set. waiting for people to arrive. then go.
nap before party crazyness :)
On privacy...
Exactly What’s Under the Chrome, Anyway?
“And all the while, Google will be doing the usual, capturing your data, your documents, your habits.
And, how will they use all this information? To do what they do: deliver ever more precisely targeted ads, with concomitant higher response rates, and thus generate more dollars.”
Everytime google releases something new, every time...
yay its friday. party tomorrow at my place!
