week in review: november 24-30
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give thanks that the month of december is almost upon on us which means that we can party during the week to and not look bad showing up at work a little worn and torn. here’s what we learned at sacred bird this week:
- it’s not the weeks that keep rolling by.
- jesus turned water into wine but astronauts do something else while in the heavens.
- conference rooms are used for all kinds of meetings.
- if you’re going to give or get one, use it quickly.
- this won’t become elevator music in china.
remember to check out the week in pictures page. see how many of the stories you remember based on the pictures.
image courtesy of wordle
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ready, set..
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three reasons to catch 60 minutes tonight:
- michael phelps, who has catapulted to godlike stardom since the olympics so much so that we now care who he brings home to thanksgiving dinner
- anderson cooper, who if you read this blog regularly, also possess godlike stardom
- cooper and phelps in a swim race
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never going to give it up
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just when you thought it stopped, rickrolling (where someone creates a fake link to the music video of rick astley’s never going to give you up as a joke) crosses over from the internet to the thanksgiving macy’s parade. this makes me nervous (and a little excited) that rick astley’s going to capitalize on it and do a comeback tour.
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would you like a cuppa?
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i wonder how many visitors will say yes to that question when visiting the international space station.
as part of a $250M refurbishing project on the station, astronauts successfully installed a device that “distils, filters, ionises and oxidizes wastewater including urine, perspiration and bath water” into drinking water. this is in addition to a new freezer, a scientific oven, two sleeping quarters, exercise equipment, an additional toilet and new food preparation facilities that were also installed.
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maybe the auto execs can score some brownie points with this…
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but have you heard about pilots n’ paws a charity dedicated to saving animals in need. a group of pilots uses a website message board to find at-risk animals living in kill shelters homes in no kill shelters around the country. the group’s co-founder jon wehrenberg of knoxville, tenn a retired manufacturing executive and weekend pilot, said “these are wonderful dogs that simply had the bad luck of winding up in a place where there are too many pets in shelters.” wehrenberg and administrative assistant, dawn thompson, are trying to get the group non-profit status to help pay for the costs associated with running the organization such as gas prices and equipment maintenance. but, if it doesn’t work out, that’s ok too. michele mcguire, a participating pilot from maryland says “doggy kisses are worth the $6 a gallon.”
given the earlier faux pas (hee hee)–supporting a charity like this should be part of the auto industry’s upcoming plan. i’m just saying.
photo courtesy of 180
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i don’t care how drunk you are…
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we want you to be prepared for your holiday office party. to prove it, we gave you clothing and jewelry ideas. now here are some etiquette tips. do not have sex with a colleague in the conference room. we repeat, do not have sex with a colleague in the conference room.
these people who work at an ad agency must regret it. you can watch the video here.
don’t say we didn’t warn you.
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oh sweet child…
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13 years in the making guns n roses finally released the long awaited, one of the most expensive albums of all time, called chinese democracy. the reviews are mixed.
- rolling stone gives it 4 out of 5 stars and it says “the first guns n’ roses album of new, original songs since the first bush administration is a great, audacious, unhinged and uncompromising hard-rock record.”
- newsday says guns n’ roses’ new album…took axl rose and dozens of musicians and producers an estimated $11 million and 13 years to complete. it wasn’t worth it.
- the washington post said that the album “isn’t a masterpiece — it’s more curious than actually great — but it’s never dull, encompassing everything from classic rock to prog rock to actual rock, with nods to “phantom of the opera,” hip-hop, industrial, putumayo’s world-music compilations and countless other things that should never, ever go together”.
- the new york times said the album is the “titanic of rock albums: the ship, not the movie.”
the chinese government is definitely not happy with the release — something i find interesting, given how much they love a highly produced product. according to reports, the album’s website chinesedemocracy.com can’t be accessed from inside china and internet portal baidu.com blocked music-related searches for chinese democracy. when asked about the block, china’s spokesperson for the ministry of culture said they’d never heard of the album and that the banning was simply a rumor. china’s main tabloid the global times was much more definitive about the album, it said the album is “venomously attacking china…and described the record as part of a larger western conspiracy to ‘grasp and control the world using democracy as a pawn.’ surprisingly, they declined to comment on axl’s bad weave.
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maybe it will distract people from how drunk you are
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when you get back from the thanksgiving holiday, you’ll be gearing up for the holiday office party. if you want to make a mark, consider buying some eye jewelry by designer eric klarenbeek, a dutch designer. klarenbeek’s “unique” eye jewelry is made of “tiny crystals or flowers that hang directly from the eye via micro-thin medical wire attached to a prescription or blank contact lense and, in the light, give the appearance of tears streaming down the cheek.” the eye jewelry will be available soon for an estimated price of $325–you could buy it using one of last year’s gift cards and it will complement your fancy undergarments. take a look at the creepy companion video with a soundrack by nine inch nails.
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another reason to stay away from the plastic
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before you head out this weekend to start your holiday shopping, think twice before picking up gift cards. an email going around warning consumers not to buy gift cards from a long list of stores closing after the holidays turned out to be a hoax but you never can be too sure in this economy which retailers will or will not survive. this year alone, $100 million in gift cards were lost when businesses closed. seems there’s no standard procedure on how gift cards are handled in cases of bankruptcy. companies can ask the courts to allow it to continue to accept gift cards if they stay open during chapter 11 but many do not.
another reason not to buy gift cards? 25% of consumers don’t redeem them* so you’re just giving the money away to the retailer. why not go out and buy mom and dad a book from the local bookstore or a nice bottle of wine instead?
*if you’re one of the 25% and have a stash of gift cards in a drawer, i’d suggest you bust them out and redeem them soon, just in case.
photo courtesy of pmsi.
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week in review: november 17-21
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the week before thanksgiving has us giving thanks for our health but certainly not our wealth. here’s the week’s roundup:
- marie may have said “let them eat cake” we say: let them eat pizza. so does brian by the way.
- oil prices are low and to empathize, they lowered the ethics bar in iraq.
- we know money’s tight this holiday season so we think you could get this or this–both are apparently a bargain.
- weather here on the east coast turned cold but it got hot behind the anchor desk.
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