Archive for December, 2008

team obama – US cabinet nominees

now that obama’s picks for the “best basketball-playing Cabinet in American history” are in, it seemed like a good time to create yet another list. this time a list of the names of those who’ll be working with obama to bring about the “change”, assuming they are approved by the senate.
before we get to the [...]


but will you need a voltage converter?

strange world we live in (and maybe the next one too). a growing trend funeral professionals are seeing these days are more and more cell phones, blackberries, and iPods going into coffins with their departed owners. seems that some people do it the same way they might include a memento in a casket, like a [...]


that’s one word an hour

rumor has it rudy giuliani will be taking over the three radio spot once occupied by bill o’reilly who recently announced that he’d be vacating his spot to focus on his broadcast duties at fox news. we know one guy that won’t be tuning in…will others?


btw, what’d he do exactly?

today, the securities and exchange commission (s.e.c.) pretty much admitted that they screwed up by failing to follow-up on complaints about madoff, the latest finance guy to wreak financial havoc and take another big chunk out of the public trust.  rather than rehash the events associated with this mess, i thought i’d do a little [...]


you mean colin firth isn’t coming?

when you’re sitting at home next week couch surfing in between trips to the kitchen for more food, you’ll stay away from tnt, the cw, lifetime, and bravo if you know what’s good for you because those romantic comedies that suck you in (love actually, notting hill, you’ve got mail, when harry met sally) are [...]


you know you’ve a problem when…

the guy you hired to curb kidnappings in your country, is kidnapped on his way out of a lunch meeting. felix batista, a consultant who has negotiated the release of kidnapping victims throughout latin america was himself kidnapped on december 10, authorities confirm. on monday, mexico’s human rights office reported that between 2001 and 2008, [...]


i’m using version 7.noooooooooooo!

experts say there is a flaw in the internet explorer browser that allows criminals to take control of a user’s computer and steal their passwords.  so far, about 10,000 websites have been compromised because of it. rick ferguson, senior security advisor at trend micro rick ferguson said, “what we’ve seen from the exploit so far [...]