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wonder if george is worried
there was considerable uproar in hollywood this week after the academy of motion picture arts and sciences failed to honor farrah fawcett during the oscar broadcast on sunday. according to the academy’s executive director, bruce davis, there were too many good people that died and, farrah was better known for her tv work than her [...]
people suck sometimes
a couple in south korea was arrested for child neglect–their daughter died of malnutrition. here’s the depressing part–the parents neglected their real-life child in order to raise a virtual child on the interwebs. the article said the couple “were hooked on an online game called “Prius,” where they were raising a virtual daughter…They admitted to [...]
i bet they kicked him in the karachi
when they caught him. the pr guy for al-quaeda, adam gadahn was arrested over the weekend. wanted for a number of crimes. he was nabbed in karachi, pakistan as part of the big push to catch al-quaeda operatives–there was a $1M bounty on his head. gadahn moved to pakistan in 1998, took part in a [...]
news you can use: the weekend edition
march, hurry up and go out like a lamb already. please. it was a weird week here in the land of the sacred bird. lots of interesting stories that revealed a little something about the culture in which we live. here is the summary of the week that was here at sacred bird the week [...]
some people don’t agree, jay
many were outraged by the new jay leno ad campaign announcing his return to ‘the tonight show‘ because it used the song “back where you belong”. a (non) reader sent a link to the tags on hulu (where we used to be able to watch jon stewart clips). the tags are used to index jay [...]
chipotle
i’m surprised it didn’t make the list of the top 10 mispronounced foodie words (maybe chipotle isn’t foodie-enough). it’s pronounced ‘chi-po-t-lay’ not ‘chip-ol-tee’. just like realtor is pronounced ‘real-tour’ not ‘real-a-tor’. anyway, here’s the list via the chicago tribune.
Bruschetta (broo-SKEH-tah)
Gnocchi (NYOH-kee)
Gyro (YEER-oh)
Huitlacoche (wheet-lah-KOH-chay)
Pouilly-Fuisse (poo-yee fwee-SAY)
Mole (MOH-lay)
Paczki (POONCH-key)
Pho (fuh)
Prosciutto (proh-SHOO-toe)
Sake (SAH-kay)
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one bad one spoils the bunch
apple admitted that the company that can usually do no wrong had hired underage workers at three plants outside of the u.s. where iphones and computers are made. the report said “Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the [...]
