Archives for September 2008
The financial crisis in Plain English…sorta
There aren’t a bevy of sites out there that are planning to explain the financial crisis in Plain English. Maybe there are, it’s just not easy to google them. In any case, Freakonomics blog decided to start chatting about the… continue reading »
College Football rankings Week 5
Here are the Week 5 Omnivore college football computer rankings: 1 Alabama 2 Connecticut 3 Vanderbilt 4 Utah 5 South Florida 6 Texas 7 Penn State 8 Northwestern 9 Virginia Tech 10 Wake Forest 11 Oregon 12 BYU 13 Ball… continue reading »
Is 12 seconds the new Twitter?
So, after taking a look at it and having it decided to turn my laptop camera on for me in an effort to make me want to record something; I immediately thought “Is 12 seconds, the new Twitter?” I guess… continue reading »
I Will Possess Your Heart Video
I tried to avoid this entire album based on the single’s title. It surpasses Clay Aiken’s “If I Was Invisible” as the creeper, nerd stalker song of all time. At least in the case of Death Cab for Cutie’s “I… continue reading »
Two cute by half
Just as there are sports cliches that get overused (‘he’s gutsy.’ ‘it is what it is’) this election year has revealed many sayings that are common in political lingo that get embraced and overused. One such term this year has… continue reading »