Archive for June, 2009
news you can use: the weekend edition
there was a lot going on this week news-wise, more specifically, the happenings in iran. if you’re like us here at sacredbird, you’ll be glued to the news channels to see what happens over the weekend. while you’re doing that and want something to distract, entertain, and inform, check out the stories we reported this past [...]
that’s why billy always had that snarl
everybody’s facebook status is lamenting the non-stop rain that is pounding the northeast (and other parts of the country too). an article in the new york times is making me rethink my want for it to get “hot in the city” billy idol style. according to the article which analyzed data from open-records requests with [...]
revolution!
the mainstream news is rightfully abuzz about the burgeoning tech-led revolution (or at least protests) in iran. here’s news of a revolution of the vegetarian kind. che guevara’s granddaughter joined in p.e.t.a.’s latest campaign. twenty-four year old lydia guevara will appear in ads asking people to join the “vegetarian revolution”. the outfit she wears is [...]
no surprise, they all start to follow andy
looks like others maybe taking anderson cooper’s lead and making the leap from reality tv to news. melissa rycroft’s 2006 turn on her first reality show, dallas cowboy’s cheerleaders: making the team, won her a role on the squad. her second turn on the last season of the bachelor, didn’t win her the man (at [...]
all sales are final
pbs’ frontline debuted the documentary about the financial implosion and the merger of merrill lynch and bank of america. as the story goes, merrill employees were annoyed to be acquired by and working with a bunch of “toaster salesmen” intimating that bank of america is ”low class” compared with the high class frat boys from mediocre state schools with [...]
oh no you didn’t
the chicken wars are getting nasty. el pollo loco, a kfc rival, made a 15 second commercial pointing out a little detail that very few people would look up or notice. namely that the marinade for kfc’s new grilled chicken, billed as the “healthy” option to its fried chicken, contain beef powder and beef fat [...]
next, he’ll walk on water
i swear, after the water trick he’ll leap a tall building in a single bound. i bet limbaugh could have done this to, before he developed that nasty habit.
