December 2009
39 posts
“The Bears couldn’t get to Baltimore until midnight Saturday because they...”
– NFL fans, enjoy a special version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” - ESPN
“Who’s in charge in Minnesota at the moment? Brett Favre, who refers to the...”
– NFL fans, enjoy a special version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” - ESPN
“Kamen reported former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received a $230,000...”
– NFL fans, enjoy a special version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” - ESPN
“Stats of the Week No. 10: Green Bay has not won in Pittsburgh in 39 years.”
– NFL fans, enjoy a special version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” - ESPN
“Jay Paterno, the quarterbacks coach at Penn State and Joe’s son, proposing...”
– NFL fans, enjoy a special version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” - ESPN
“Well, the whole point of the public option originally was that if you’re going...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via azspot)
Ding ding ding! We have a winner.
Why do you think their stocks increased so much upon news that the mandate looks as if it’s going to happen?
(via jayparkinsonmd)
“If your company is so big and impersonal that you call the people you have...”
– The language of staffing - (37signals)
i hate hate hate referring to people as “resources”.
“One store on the Upper East Side said it would cost $21 to send an eight-pound...”
– In New York, Paying More to Send U.S. Mail at U.P.S. Stores - NYTimes.com
um, duh? doesn’t everybody know that?
Computer Science Education: It’s Not Shop Class -... →
i didn’t feel like there was a zinger sound-bite to quote in this article. but, really, the title says it all.
my high school technology-related elective taught me how to type and how to use then-current versions of wordperfect (extinct?), 1-2-3 (extinct?), and maybe something else that i’ve obviously forgotten. well, at least the typing was pretty useful.
and now i can look forward...
“For the 20-year period ending in 2007, the Los Angeles Lakers’ N.B.A....”
– Are the Lakers a Sure Thing? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
Google Is in Talks to Buy Yelp - NYTimes.com →
wowzies
Slashdot Mobile Story | US McDonald's Wi-Fi Going... →
between mcdonald’s and starbucks, i will … still never be somewhere that has free wifi. sigh.
“2. The Anchor
The main role of that $115 platter—the only three-digit thing on...”
– Author William Poundstone Dissects the Marketing Tricks Built Into Balthazar’s Menu — New York Magazine
“The Browns have struggled in Mangini’s first season, which has included...”
– Cleveland Browns, Mike Holmgren meeting about front-office position - ESPN
nominee, worst sentence of the year
“The NFL bans orchestrated touchdown celebrations, and last week it fined...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“TMQ’s Christmas List: This child’s barista set will allow Jennifer...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“What’s weirdest about many cruise ships is that practically everything is...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“Indianapolis has reached first-and-goal 27 times this season and scored 22...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“Stats of the Week No. 10: For his career, Peyton Manning has 225 touchdown...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“In other sports news, if ever a lineman was going to receive the Heisman Trophy,...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“In the past two decades, there’s been a race to the bottom, in which many...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“Charlie Weis and Bobby Bowden had to go — Notre Dame and Florida State...”
– NCAA colleges and universities don’t have to lower academic standards to field a successful football team - ESPN
“The Nook is now a computer running a full Android operating system, with a...”
– Nook Torn Open, Hacked and Rooted | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
The No-Punt Offense - The 50 Best Inventions of... →
GMH →
givesmehope:
When my mom was dying of cancer, my dad had to keep working to keep his health insurance. His midsize company has a program by which employees can transfer paid time off to one another. A person in HR sent out an email explaining his situation. Within 3 hours, my father had 12 weeks of paid vacation. Strangers’ sacrifices GMH.
brilliant, every company should have a pto-transfer...
“He found that HipHoppers (in his sample, mostly white boys who listen to rap and...”
– How Accurate Is Teens’ Insistence That “Everyone Else Is Doing It”? - NurtureShock Blog - Newsweek.com
“The Baskin Robbins cookie dough shake contains 1,030 calories and 42 grams of...”
– New Orleans Saints are a gift from the football gods, while Bill Belichick is clearly cursed - ESPN
“Cheerleader of the Week: Mary of the Kansas City Chiefs, who according to her...”
– New Orleans Saints are a gift from the football gods, while Bill Belichick is clearly cursed - ESPN