Archive for April, 2008
sorry sb, maybe tomorrow
last night on ac360, anderson cooper got a kick out of the sleepy baby bear video so i thought i’d try to find a bear story for sb’s reading pleasure today (cause we all know he reads sacred bird religiously). unfortunately no luck. but i did find:
surfer dies after shark attack
the largest squid ever has [...]
hillary deathwatch
bravo tv has one for tv shows. eater has one for nyc restaurants. seems that slate created one for hillary a few weeks back. the hillary deathwatch tracks hillary clinton’s chances of winning the nomination. those tech guys at slate are something. they’ve created a widget out of the deathwatch so if you have a [...]
Yin dee tohn hap
i couldn’t figure out how to say “day 3″ in laotian, so welcome. congratulations anonymous commenter, you were correct, matt lauer landed in laos. he looked a little worse for wear, but still handsome and scruffy. the country looks absolutely beautiful and is now added to my list of countries to visit when i do [...]
house trained rats
there was some weird banter going on yesterday morning on cnn’s american morning.
ali velshi: “ Did you know that a cockroach can live for nine days after its head has been cut off?”
ali velshi: “ …if you drive your car 100 miles an hour, it’s going to take you more than 29 million years to [...]
dag twee
matt landed in amsterdam today (i was right 630!!). donning orange pants and more scruff he tiptoed through the tulips, sailed down the canals, and narrowly missed on-camera visits to coffee shops, hookers, and/or strippers of the red light district.
here is the netherlands-related news i found:
the people of the netherlands love borat more than [...]
the checks in the mail (or in the bank)
unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the government’s “stimulus plan“. under the plan individuals who earn up to $75,000 or couples with more than $150,000 will be eligible for payments. the first of them, for 800,000 tax payers, were sent out yesterday via direct deposit. if you’re wondering when you [...]
dia uno
some people like it, some people don’t. i am in the like it camp–sure beats the hell out of that tired wedding series that they are gearing up for in june.
this week, matt lauer embarks on his 9th trip abroad for “where in the world is matt lauer”. today, matt greeted us from buenos aires, [...]
