January 2010
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NFL to stores: Stop selling ‘Who Dat’ T-shirts →
NFL is claiming they own a trademark on the phrase.
“How can they put a trademark on something that’s been around for 150 years?” said Robert Lauricella, a 50-year-old oil field sales representative. “Just because the Saints have made the Super Bowl, why does everybody have to make a buck?”
echuckles: considering commemorating J.D. Salinger... →
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echuckles: Does "iPad" sound like a high-tech... →
echuckles: You lost me at "Apologies for the mass... →
echuckles: Friend just called to report a sighting... →
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echuckles: Wow. The economy is so bad, Nutella is... →
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WashPost: In Haiti, reporters who double as... →
The Post calls it “participatory journalism.”
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NYT announces plan to charge for frequent access... →
Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a flat fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the newspaper’s print edition will receive full access to the site.
Works for me!
echuckles: those 3-D glasses are PERFECT for... →
Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting →
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NYT: Meet Mikey Hicks, 8: U.S. has him on watch... →
Since Michael Hicks was 2, he has been frisked and his family delayed at almost every airport they have entered.
U.S. releases age-progressed photos of Osama bin... →
Not exactly your average face on the milk cartoon dealie.
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Canada's 'Beaver' mag changes name because of... →
“Market research showed us that younger Canadians and women were very very unlikely to ever buy a magazine called The Beaver no matter what it’s about,” editor-in-chief says.
Teehee.
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text HAITI to 90999 to make a $10 donation →
money goes directly to the Red Cross there and shows up on your cell phone bill.
i know i shouldn’t be so amazed by our State Department having a blog and our largest disaster relief organization having text-donation capabilities, but - man, that is amazing.
keeping the folks in haiti in my thoughts.
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To the person who has been putting the corny...
I’ve seen your work everywhere: on discarded boxes on my way to the coffee shop, on broken furniture as I walk to the gym, on paper bags on my way to work. You’re either a night owl or an early riser; each morning, I see a new one of your self-helpesque declarations on items that haven’t yet gotten swept up by New York’s finest trash collectors during their a.m. pickups.
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“For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local...”
– -Conan O’Brien in his statement Tuesday afternoon.
OK, I think I’ve now seen enough of the future of television, thank you very much.
echuckles: "Instant gratification takes too long."... →
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among the many things that turn me off from yoga, being instructed to lift up my “tail” is probably top on the list.
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Ohhh... NOW I get it
Suddenly it’s all so clear why everyone is excited about 3-D television.
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NYT Bits blog: Do consumers really want 3-D TVs? →
This customer sure as hell doesn’t.
Maybe 2010 will be the year Alanis Morissette’s lyrics finally make sense to me.
you know how some of your best ideas come when you’re in the shower? too bad there’s not a non-sketchy way for workplaces to foster that.
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Watch“Totally void of flavor.”
Domino’s takes a transparency approach to their new recipe in an advertising campaign.
ROAR. ROAR!
Okay, I’m feeling much better now- thank you.
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