Q2 Results Roundup: Tata Communications, Mindtree
2009-10-27 09:31:00 Tata Communications has registered a 30 per cent decline in standalone revenues at Rs. 759 crores compared to Rs.992 crores in the same quarter last year. The bottom line also took a serious hit and came in lower by 68 per cent at Rs 10.45 Crs against Rs 33 Crs. The major reason for decline in revenues was lesser demand for wholesale voice services in telecommunication services segment which contributed only Rs 300 crore in this quarter compared to Rs 461 Crores contribution in corresponding quarter. The enterprise and corporate data segment contributed Rs. 300 Crores to the revenues whereas other services contributed Rs. 159 Crores. Tata Communications was formed by merger of VSNL, its international subsidiaries. They seem to be focusing on servicing enterprise clients. The main cause of worry for TATACOM is the entry of telcos in the enterprise segment to derive higher margins and volume. Mindtree Q2 results: MindTree has reported 34 per cent growth in the botto...
By: WATblog
Red Light Camera Roundup
2009-10-20 06:28:00 Red light camera roundup is a semi-regular feature where we spotlight all sorts of red light camera news from around Chicagoland....
Legal Roundup
2009-10-15 18:44:00 What's happening in, about and around the legal world in Chicago? Here are a few highlights.Getting NoticedCheck out a four-page feature story on personal injury attorney Jeffrey Kroll in this month's Chicago Lawyer. He says something I like very much. "If you're going to compete, you're going to lose sometimes. If you're afraid of losing, it's very hard to be competitive."Getting SettlementsPullano & Karnezis, a new personal injury law firm in Chicago, recently settled a case for a medical malpractice victim for $6.5million with Evanston Northwestern Health Care. Read about it here.Getting SuedThe town of Crestwood spiked water with carcinogen, suit saysLawyer says e-filing rule is anticompetitiveSEC accuses 'fund manager' of $3.7million scamFor Tweets of recent legal filings and legal...
Saturday Roundup -- US, Mexico Qualify for World Cup
2009-10-11 15:32:00 Yesterday was a huge day for soccer fans around the world as eight more teams secured their spot in South Africa for next year's World Cup. The U.S. and Mexico each used a big-time win to ensure their qualification, with Mexico getting a goal from Fire midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco in their 4-1 defeat of El Salvador at Estadio Azteca and the U.S. narrowly escaping Honduras with a thrilling 3-2 victory. The U.S. and Mexico joined Germany, Italy, Denmark, Serbia, the Ivory Coast, and Chile in booking their place in the finals yesterday....
The Friday Roundup
2009-10-09 23:00:00 Recreation of Edgar Allen Poe's funeral It's time for The Friday Roundup that includes a bunch of wacky and wild links to hot (and strange) stories that bubbled to the top of the Internet this week.We start off with.....Edgar Allen Poe finally laid to rest 160 years later Being gay costs moreThe only known movie images of Anne FrankWhat happens when you put water and strobe lights togetherClick through for more Friday Roundup...
Sunday MP3 Roundup, 9.20.09
2009-09-20 17:39:00 Here’s the recap from last week. First, from the amazing live session with The Deep Dark Woods: Exclusive: The Deep Dark Woods – The Banks Of The Leopold Canal Exclusive: The Deep Dark Woods – Two Time Loser Exclusive: The Deep Dark Woods – Ballad Of Frank Dupree Exclusive: The Deep Dark Woods – All The Money I Had Is ...
Greener Jobs Roundup 9/17/09
2009-09-19 10:05:00 The Federal Reserve Chairman pretty much declared the recession over, but he also said there will be some tough times to come in the job market. That is, if we have nothing to say about it. We're building up a green job board, and you're invited to check it out. Here are a few of the jobs listed in the last week: Energy/Green Building Manager, Jones Lang LaSalle, Richmond, VA LEED EB Program Manager, Jones Lang LaSalle, Charlotte, NC LEED Project Manager, Sustainable Design Collaborative, Hastings, NY Director of Marketing, Hycrete, Inc., Carlstadt, NJ Sustainability Manager, City of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA Also, follow @greenerjobs on Twitter for more green job listings.
By: Jetson Green
The Friday Roundup
2009-09-18 20:45:00 Here are few news articles that I came across this weekend and wanted to share with you: An insurance company was fined $10MM for rescinding a man's policy when they found out he was HIV+ Last week the 9/12ers had a protest in Washington, they said 2MM people came, it was really around 60-70K, how do those numbers compare? A 16-year old girls plea to let her two dads get married and telling us what marriage really is.Just in time for Rosh Hashanah here's Twitteleh CLICK THROUGH FOR THE FULL LIST...
Paw Prints ? The Daily Roundup ? 9/17
2009-09-17 16:33:00 UConn Football links Live chat today [Chip Malafronte - New Haven Register] Got Mail? [Desmond Conner - Hartford Courant] Big East picks, Week 3 [Big East Blog - ESPN.com] What to watch in the Big East, Week 3 [Big East Blog - ESPN.com] UConn recognizes danger of Baylor QB Griffin [Connecticut Post] Deep Threat Would Help Huskies [Hartford Courant] Baylor not overlooking ...
By: Random Thoughts
Packers 21, Bears 15: The roundup
2009-09-14 06:58:00 It's safe to say that nobody feels worse about the Bears' 21-15 loss to Green Bay than Jay Cutler. Except thousands of Bears fans. The comments at our Bears Game Day thread got a bit hysterical, led by me I'll admit, and over at Windy City Gridiron their wrap-up post concluded with this message: "Your turn and try to keep the doomsday speak to a minimum:)" Sorry, that's not possible. Not after The Franchise looked more like Rick Mirer than John Elway.In any event, we'll be back with much more later today from around the web, but for now here's a quick recap of what you'll find on ChicagoNow as well as a few other places. And remember, we'll...
Weekend Linkage ? September 13, 2009
2009-09-14 04:41:00 This is the first full weekend for us in our new home in northern Virginia. Last weekend was all about packing, moving, and unpacking. This weekend, as we finally settled down, we took advantage of the gorgeous September weather to explore the area a little bit more. As it turned out, we are actually located ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Citi Forward Card 11,000 Bonus ThankYou Points Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus TradeKing $50 New Account Bonus in August Weekend Linkage – September 13, 2009
West Loop Opening Night Roundup
2009-09-14 02:22:00 A West Loop Potpurri: 522 words that will make you feel like you were thereBrilliance and wit by Natalie Edwards On one fall evening, year after year, Peoria street fills with Generation Google-Its in search of free booze and someone to flirt with. They ride the trolley to River North to feel alienated by the grown-up art in the spacious galleries. They are disappointed with the sparse selection of wine in plastic cups and mounds of sweaty cheese cubes atop wilted lettuce, and they quickly return to the West Loop. It is on this day of the year that they don their best duds: a sloppy boustier, perhaps, fashioned out of leather scraps. A skinned rodent pelt delicately placed atop...
Sunday MP3 Roundup, 9.13.09
2009-09-13 17:07:00 Here are the mp3’s we discussed over the past two weeks. From our live session with These United States: Exclusive: These United States -First Sight Exclusive: These United States – I Want You To Keep Everything Exclusive: These United States – The Important Thing Exclusive: These United States – Study The Moon Download the entire session as a zip. The rest: The Maldives ...
Legal Roundup
2009-09-11 01:52:00 Hello! It's almost Friday and here is your legal roundup, served straight up.Remember the case Dead Priest's Alleged "Wife" Sues Estate? If the comments on this blog are any indication, you remember. And, you may be very interested in this follow up.In other interesting legal news, check out this story where an employer is being required to pay for a 340-pound employee's weight-loss surgery. Apparently, the employee needs the surgery first to "ensure the success of another operation for a back injury he suffered at work," but it begs the question as to how many more employers will have to foot the bill for similar procedures after this decision.And, has anyone been following this story? Blackhawks owner Ricky Wirtz sues...
Literary Journal Roundup: Gemini Magazine, DIAGRAM, and More
2009-09-10 21:16:00 As my attention span fades along with the light of summer days, I'm appreciating the brevity and variety that a good literary journal can offer. Here are some of the publications I've been enjoying this season:Naugatuck River Review's summer 2009 issue is stuffed with good narrative poetry on themes including fathers and sons, aging, class and race, romance, miscarriages, Mexico, horses, D-Day flashbacks, and what happens when you're in a bar with a woman who sees God. Read the issue from beginning to end because editor Lori Desrosiers has structured it like a narrative, with one theme segueing into the next. If you're in Western Massachusetts this Tuesday night, come to the NRR authors' reading at Spoken Word in Greenfield.Think you know all there is to know about Huck Finn? The Missouri Review's summer 2009 issue includes a provocative essay by Andrew Levy, arguing that Twain's book is not primarily about race but about our culture's myths and fears concerning adolescent ...
By: Reiter's Block
The GTL? Open Post Labor Day Roundup ? Obama Administration?s Former ?Green
2009-09-07 21:57:00 THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On… Hey everybody, it’s Labor Day (not “Management Day” as President Obama put it... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Saturday Video Roundup: Cell Block Tango - Disney style
2009-09-06 00:00:00 There is some crazy stuff on YouTube. So I thought I'd share some videos I found recently that were sorta kooky and strange. People have taken the song "Cell Block Tango" from the movie version of Chicago and use Disney characters to stand in for the ladies on death row. Here's one using clips from some newer Disney films Here's one using the movie The Lion King After the jump are my favorites with the evil queens...
Roundup ? Nature Walk Edition
2009-08-30 06:00:00 My wife and I took out baby girl on her first nature walk yesterday. She just turned 2 months old, and this is the first time we took her out in the woods. We usually walk around our neighborhood several times per week, but pushing a stroller across the asphalt is different than walking through ... Related Articles:Ebates – Get Paid to Shop$25 ING Business Savings Account Sign up BonusOn-line Savings with Ebates – Plus $10 to Sign Up!
By: Cash Money Life
Festival Roundup
2009-08-29 18:43:00 It may be the waning days of summer (and feel like fall), but there's no let up in festivals this weekend. Chicago's streets and parks are as busy as ever, and here's a quick round-up:...
Legal Roundup
2009-08-29 00:55:00 TGIF! As a special Happy Hour treat brought to you by your Bar-tender, why not revisit some of the more memorable cases served up right here? Where are they now? Take a look at these links covering suits first reported here on Bar-tender. Dog Uses Balcony As His Bathroom was followed up by Micah Maidenberg on the Chicago Journal. Read the post here entitled Fido's Poop Must Go Now. Brookfield Zoo Sued for Dolphin Splash Leading to Slip and Fall was reported on by many outlets. Check out this commentary at Lowering the Bar and this link at The Landmark. Palatine Man Alleges Sexual Harassment by Female Boss was discussed on NBC Chicago at this link. In other legal news Today, police Supt. Jody Weis had...
Another GTL? Open Post Opportunity ? What?s On YOUR Mind? Post 9/11 Invest
2009-08-26 04:57:00 THE Gun Toting Liberal? Once Again Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above Or Anything Else Political One Wishes? Here we go again with another ?catch-all? -slash- ?open thread? opportunity for our readers to weigh in on... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Roundup ? Fantasy Football Draft Edition
2009-08-23 15:00:00 The guys in my fantasy football league got together this weekend to do our annual fantasy football draft. There’s nothing quite like 10 guys sitting in a garage, drinking beer, grilling burgers and sausages, and talking football. It makes for a memorable afternoon – even if your team doesn’t end up doing well over the ... Related Articles:Roundup – Yahoo Fantasy Football EditionWeekly Roundup – Fantasy Football EditionMajor League Fun, Minor League Prices
By: Cash Money Life
Wednesday's bizzaro lawsuit roundup
2009-08-06 01:04:00 Filed in Cook County Court today....A lawsuit over a botched eyebrow tattoo job performed at an Illinois spa - eyebrow tattooing suit.pdf...
Wednesday's bizzaro lawsuit roundup
2009-08-06 01:04:00 Filed in Cook County Court today....A lawsuit over a botched eyebrow tattoo job performed at an Illinois spa - eyebrow tattooing suit.pdf...
Weekend Linkage ? July 26, 2009
2009-07-27 05:19:00 I spent most of the time last night and another two hours this morning shredding our documents as we are getting closer to moving to Virginia. Believe me, it isn’t any easy job because we have accumulate more then ten years of bank statements, credit card bills, investment records, and pay stubs. Even though ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Citi Forward Card 11,000 Bonus ThankYou Points Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage – July 26, 2009
ChicagoNow roundup: The Mark Buehrle perfect game
2009-07-23 23:35:00 Mark Buehrle celebrates after his perfect game. In the inset, Dewayne Wise makes the ninth-inning catch that saved Buehrle's gem.Moments after Mark Buehrle completed his perfect game on Thursday, our bloggers went to work.First to chime in was Dennis Byrne, a great conservative pundit and White Sox fan, probably not in that order. He made the excellent observation that Buehrle's gem pushed aside the stench of former Sox pitcher Jim Parque's admission of using Human Growth Hormone.Next up was a post from RedEye sports editor Brian Moore, who asked readers to share stories about where they were when we watched the final outs of the Buehrle perfect game. OK, so where were you?We sure picked a great day to launch...
Weekend Linkage ? July 11, 2009
2009-07-12 05:52:00 Do you know exactly one year ago on this day, July 11, 2008, crude oil price climbed to its all-time high of $147 a barrel? Today you can buy a barrel of oil at less than $60, 60% lower than its peak. Oil price dropped like a rock since reaching the peak last year, bottoming ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Citi Forward Card 11,000 Bonus ThankYou Points Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage – July 11, 2009
Weekend Linkage ? July 5, 2009
2009-07-05 16:26:00 We spent more than 5 hours at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ (it’s not a place you want to live though) last Friday, even though it was the third time we have been there in 10 years. In fact, things haven’t changed a lot at the Aquarium since our first visit in 2000. Back then, ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Citi Forward Card 11,000 Bonus ThankYou Points Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage – July 5, 2009
The King. RedEye roundup.
2009-06-26 22:05:00 Michael Jackson performs on stage during his "BAD" concert tour held at Wembley Stadium in London on Jul. 16, 1988. He breaks a world record with 504,000 people attending seven sold out shows at Wembley Stadium, more than any other artist.(Getty Images) Check this for latest news updates. Hit the jump for a roundup....
Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells
2009-06-25 17:23:00 Used in gardens, farms, and parks around the world, the weed killer Roundup contains an ingredient that can suffocate human cells in a laboratory, researchers say ByCrystal GammonandEnvironmental Health News Image by David_Reverchon via Flickr Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world,Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one ...
By: News for Greens
White Sox Prospect Roundup
2009-06-20 07:21:00 Brandon Allen, Charlotte Knights: In his first game at the Triple-A level, Allen went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and an RBI. We could see Allen replace Gordon Beckham if he continues to play well at Triple-A. He is hitting .298 with 7 home runs in 63 games between Double-A and Triple-A. Tyler Kuhn, Winston-Salem Dash: After hitting .299 in Kannapolis, Kuhn is hitting .600 (3-for-5) in 2 games for Winston-Salem. He is a very aggressive hitter, and should continue to climb the minor league ladder if he continues to play well.Dexter Carter, Kannapolis Intimidators: Dexter Carter had an unbelievable outing tonight, pitching seven strong innings of one hit ball, striking out seven. Carter is 2-0 in June, and should stay in...
Weekend Linkage - May 31, 2009
2009-06-01 06:36:00 It was a rare, gorgeous day yesterday, so we took the kids to a nearby farm to pick our own strawberry, the first time ever for us. Too bad that we didn’t know the hours of the farm before leaving home in the afternoon. When we arrived, we were told that we only had less ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Citi Forward Card 11,000 Bonus ThankYou Points Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - May 31, 2009
Religion News Roundup: Tori Amos talks about erotic spirituality, buddhism
2009-05-27 18:59:00 In today's Religion News Roundup, two different items about the combination of spirituality with eroticism. Also, the Buddhisation of the Netherlands, plus Is This Your Brain on God? Further: What is Dan Brown's agenda? Plus some RNB Twittered items you may have missed.
Mobile News Roundup - Nokia Ntheatre, IMI & T20 RCom
2009-05-15 10:29:00 Nokia Ntheatre In a bid to increase it’s hold on MVAS in the country, Nokia has now launched Ntheatre on all it’s Nseries phones in India, Ntheatre offer brings a selection of movies in DVD quality movies on to all it’s new Nseries phones. The offer valid until June this year let’s a buyer to choose for free a set of 5 movies from the collection on a 4GB MMC. The list of the various set’s of movies is given here. IMI Launches Mobile Music Exchange In another story Indian Music Industry launched Music Mobile Exchange in an attempt to curb piracy, MMX will be the world licensing arm for the music content produced by the group of Labels which include Saregama, Aditya Music, Tips, Venus, EMi, Sony and Universal. Reportedly the licence can be obtained for a period of 1-3 years at costs ranging between Rs 1,500 to 5,000 per month/per computer depending on the kind of shop and its location. IMI secretary general Savio D’Souza said, “Mobile phones and chips...
By: WATblog
Weekend Linkage - May 10, 2009
2009-05-11 07:03:00 Market Recap U.S. stocks registered another weekly gain last week, despite a gloomy employment report from the government Friday which showed that the nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.9% in April. While the jobless rate is the highest in 25 years, the pace of job cut seemed slowed last month, fueling the speculation that the worst ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan $25 Bonus Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - May 10, 2009
Weekend Linkage - May 3, 2009
2009-05-04 04:25:00 Market Recap U.S. stock market stretched its gain into third month after consumer confidence improved unexpectedly last month and the Fed said that the worst of the recession may be behind us. Stocks were also boosted by quarterly earnings news as two-third companies in the S&P 500 have reported strong numbers so far. For the week, ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan $25 Bonus Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - May 3, 2009
Weekend Linkage - April 19, 2009
2009-04-20 06:12:00 It finally feels like spring. We took the kids to Branch Brook Park near Newark yesterday for the Cherry Blossom Festival, the first time in more than seven years. In the past, we usually took our children to DC in early April to see the cherry flowers, but this year we decided to stay close to ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan $25 Bonus Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - April 19, 2009
Butter must be charming; margarine more so. (It's The TBOE Roundup!)
2009-04-19 16:33:00 It's Sunday morning, and I'm spending it, I imagine, doing what almost everybody does with their Sunday mornings: Musing about poetry, writing about sociopathic guys being hunted by other sociopathic guys, and provoking violent physical reactions in people simply by mentioning breakfast food.Let me hasten to add that I'm not using "sociopathic" in that paragraph in any sort of clinical sense. I mean it in the same sense that everyone uses words like that: the "I'm going to use a big word and hope my readers think I'm intellectual and junk" sense.In other "intellectual and junk" updates, it's time for some more of my favorite comments, including another one that was left on my old "Best of" Blog, the one I no longer post to. Reading "The Best Book I Think Of When I Think Of The Words 'The Best Book,' " Dorie LaRue writes:I connected with everything you wrote, except I've always loathed The Great Gatsby, and me, an English teacher. Personally I would not want to hang out ...
Weekend Linkage - April 12, 2009
2009-04-13 04:16:00 Market Recap U.S. stock market ended the holiday shortened trading week with gains of more than 3% for all three major indices last Thursday after Wells Fargo said it earned a record $3 billion in the first quarter. Optimism in the banking sector carried the stock market to its fifth straight weekly gain. After reaching 12-year ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan $25 Bonus Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - April 12, 2009
The Death of New, Spidey Makes A Comeback, and More (The TBOE Roundup!)
2009-03-29 18:50:00 I've got an announcement to make about April's theme. I half-jokingly the other day told Sweetie I was going to write a book called The Death of New, about how our culture has gotten to the point where we cannot tolerate new or creative things anymore; I mentioned that because Sweetie told me that someone is making a "Three Stooges" movie starring people like Sean Penn, who couldn't be less Stooge-y if he tried. Then I ended my usual rant about that until I came across a review of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, which apparently retells Pride & Prejudice only... ... hold on for this... ... with zombies involved, somehow. Which seemed to me to be (a) a one-note joke that would very quickly get old (pun intended) and (b) not new at all. It's just yet another retelling of the same story, over and over and over -- which is what our culture has devolved to, now, as cartoons do nothing but parody other tv shows, which are the same old TV shows that they've always been,...
Weekend Linkage - March 22, 2009
2009-03-23 03:48:00 We took our daughters 65 miles east today to visit The New York Botanical Garden, where there’s a Orchid Show going on right now. It’s the first time we have ever been there (though we lived on the other side of the city for years) and the kids really enjoyed the trip. With the kids running ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan $25 Bonus Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - March 22, 2009
Weekend Linkage - March 15, 2009
2009-03-16 04:43:00 Market Recap It has been quite a long time since we had a rally in the stock market like the one we had last week as investors were encouraged by comments made by Citigroup and Bank of America chiefs that the nations largest banks were profitable in the first two months of this year. The rally ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan $25 Bonus Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - March 15, 2009
The TBOE Sunday Roundup
2009-03-08 16:55:00 Let's welcome some new readers to TBOE. First up is Don Coorough, who has become a follower of TBOE (you can do that by clicking over there to the left.) Don is a "poet-philosopher, historian, social activist, pacifist and social critic" who writes on "Shoreline Driftwood," a blog of unconventional views and excellent poetry with stunningly powerful images. Check out "The Disenchantress" and you'll see what I mean.Then there's a two-fer from an issue of Newsweek recently in which the book "Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry" was reviewed. Jennie Yabroff, a Newsweek writer, begins her review of a book with this quote: "You've gotta have a gimmick to sell a book." Which is not true, but which echoes the refrain heard here on TBOE over and over -- that gimmicks are necessary: necessary if you want to be a successful supervillain, or if you want to encourage kids to re...
Weekend Linkage - March 1, 2009
2009-03-02 05:33:00 Market Recap As I mentioned yesterday, February turned out to be a very bad month for stocks. In the last week of the month, stocks retreated to below the November 2008 lows. For the week, the Dow dropped 4.11% to 7062.93, the S&P 500 tumbled 4.54% to 735.09, and the Nasdaq declined 4.40% to 1377.84. Precious ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Special bonus offers Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan $25 Bonus Lending Club $25 Sign Up Bonus Weekend Linkage - March 1, 2009
The TBOE Comment Roundup.
2009-02-23 15:34:00 This week in The Best Commenters:Supercommenter/Aweso-mewriter Lisa Pepin, whose blog "Lost In Provence" should be required reading for people who (a) breathe or (b) exist, had this to say about the most recent Supervillain post:"Chillblaine," that's the perfect brand name for your business leg warmers. Though it sounds like you should add a line of mittens as well. But they'd have to be mittens you could type in. Or they'd have to be so expensively-priced that they would inspire the kind of awe and respect that would get you out of doing such mundane tasks as typing while at work. Also, thanks for posting a picture of Duckie Dale. I didn't realize how much I had missed him until I saw his face (and gold jacket and ultra-feminine lapel pin) again. Sure, Lisa, you say you missed Duckie Dale -- but you missed him as a friend, right? A really good friend, of course... but the Duckies of the world reside forever in the Friend Zone. But you are right that "Chillblaine" would be mark...
A Friday Repug Recession Roundup
2009-02-20 22:19:00 (And I posted here too, as usual.)To begin, Kimberly A. Strassel of the Murdoch Street Journal draws a contrast today here between two Repug governors: Charlie Crist of Florida and Mark Sanford of South Carolina (I may end up repeating myself about Sanford from this prior post)?South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is mooted as a GOP presidential contender. During the stimulus debate he told President Barack Obama, to his face, that the Palmetto State wanted no part of a spending blowout that would be harmful to the economy, to taxpayers, and to the dollar. He even traveled to Capitol Hill to stiffen Senate Republicans against the plan.Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is mooted as a GOP presidential contender. During the stimulus debate, he made clear the Sunshine State couldn't wait to get its hands on the stimulus booty and joined Democratic governors to push the bill. He even campaigned with Mr. Obama in support of the $787 billion extravaganza.As contrasts go, it doesn't get better than ...
The TBOE Roundup: This week's comments.
2009-02-15 15:07:00 While you were lingering over The Seven Best Songs That Show What Love Is Really Like, and while I was smoldering over the fact that scientists aren't happy with having jobs that don't require any actual work but instead have to go around inventing fake dinosaurs when there are perfectly good dinosaurs to serve as The Best Real Dinosaur, here's what others were looking at and what they were saying about those things they were looking at:Lamar was reading up on The Best Christmas Song, and had this to say:I know the worst Christmas song...Paul McCartney's Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime"Just awwwweful! Um... Don't read this, Lamar.Meanwhile, "Anonymous" took in The Best Superhero, and put in his two cents' worth. (Should that be "two cent's worth," or "two cents worth" or "two cents' worth?" I'm not sure. Does it matter? Probably. Do I care? It's still early and my Red Pop doesn't have enough caffeine, so no.)I do agree, Old batman is my favourite, but he isn...
Weekend Linkage - February 7, 2009
2009-02-09 04:20:00 Market recap It’s rare to see the stock market and the unemployment rate go hand in hand, but it did happen last Friday when the Labor Department reported that 598K workers lost their jobs in January, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.6%. At the same, the stock market also rallied more than 2%. The reason? The ...Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Weekend Linkage - February 7, 2009
Super Bowl Movie Trailer Roundup
2009-02-02 14:43:00 If you’re anything like this TV Addict, odds are fairly good that one of the only reasons you tuned into last night’s “Big Game,” aside from (a) the food, (b) the post-Super Bowl episode of THE OFFICE (which embarrassingly enough we failed to get through thanks to reason “a”) and (c) Bruce Springsteen — were the movie trailers. Which is why we thought we’d defer to our good friends over at theREELaddict.com for a little more in-depth analysis than our usual: “OMG! We cannot wait for J.J. Abrams STAR TREK to beam down!” and “Please G.I. JOE, do not eviscerate all of our fondest childhood memories like TRANSFORMERS did!” Ready? STAR TREK Says the REEL Addict: As a non-Trekkie I’m certainly excited for this rebooting of this franchise to make it slightly more accessible and mainstream (and noticeably action packed), but does anyone else find that the whole “James Kirk is a loose cannon” angle been pushed so ...
By: the TV addict
Morning Roundup
2009-01-27 14:48:00 WNYMedia.net cameras capture Senator Schumer discussing Senator Gillibrand's qualifications: Some people in the Hudson Valley are quite pleased with the notion of Senator Gillibrand, and have even begun marketing the notion. Politicker counts about 30+ people interested in her congressional seat. I can't quite understand Republicans' opposition to spending ...
By: BuffaloPundit
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