Archive for January, 2009
how to spend your unemployment check
the new york times published the top 44 places to visit in 2009 (does 44 coincide with the number of our new president?). even though we can’t or shouldn’t afford it, the pictures are pretty enough to maybe tide us over. you can get the full list here, i’ve listed the ones that caught my [...]
olbermann’s gonna be pissed.
it took a while for snl to take him seriously and make a skit. a mere 5 months after her show’s debut, rachel maddow got the (royal) treatment. maybe she tended bar a couple times at the after-party.
week in review: january 5-9
everyone needs to ease into the new year. at sacred bird, it’s no different. there was a lot of news you could use to impress your friends though. not to be a buzz kill but if i were you, i’d bookmark this page and add us to your rss feed, because pretty soon we’ll [...]
dating advice for the recession
with the economy the way it is, how is a single person suppose to meet anyone? you’re so worried about losing your job you save every penny and so the neighborhood bar is no longer your second home, you’re eating your meals at home and your only form of entertainment is your tv.
lucky for you [...]
a trillion dollars
president-elect obama announced that in 2009 national deficit is expected to reach $1T (that’s trillion) more than double 2008’s seemingly unfathomable $455B (billion). the last time we had a surplus was before 2001 before 9/11/01.
fox news attributes the bush administration deficit to “costs from the 9/11 attacks plus the tax cuts [bush] pushed [...]
alaska’s numbers are up 19%
and i don’t mean tourism. we talked about teen pregnancy once or twice (ok it was three times) last year and apparently we had good reason–the teen pregnancy rate is up* in 26 states according to researchers at the national center for health statistics (nchs). before you say big deal because it’s only half the [...]
curiosity killed the…
cat wanderlust.* international man of travel sean o’neill used his free time for something interesting and invoked the freedom of information act (foia) to get a look at his file maintained by the department of homeland security. he shared his findings via newsweek. here are a few some things you may (or may not) [...]
