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So, I spoke with my friend Edo last night and he pointed out that this blog is kind of boring right now. I love that he can be totally honest with me. Anyway, for the couple of you who know about this site, a note: Eventually there will be a more formal “Blog” section to [...]

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Apparently at some point on Tuesday the Chicago Tribune printed a story in Wednesday’s Women News section without the knowledge of senior editors. When the editors heard about the story, they led a massive effort to pull the section out of the paper by hand, however a few copies apparently slipped through. Crains explains that [...]

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I just got server activity logs for the last couple of weeks for this website and, I’ve got to say, you are an impressive bunch. Because I am a statistics geek, I thought I’d share some: Tuesday is the most popular day. What’s up with that? 8AM is the busiest hour of the day – [...]

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Google SMS is my new favorite thing. Thanks to Gaper’s Block for the tip. I am absolutely addicted to their SMS service. You can use your mobile phone to get information by text message direct from Google. As Google explains, “Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product [...]

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Pepsi Holiday Spice hits stores today, but we found some in Pilsen over the weekend. We had no idea what it was when we found it, but described as “spiced cola,” it was just weird enough that we had to buy it. It’s reddish, first of all, which makes it a little odd. And it [...]

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I had breakfast this morning with my friend Paolo from Milan Italy. Paolo teaches screen writing and the business of television in Milan and we had a wonderful conversation about the state of television both here in America and over in Europe. What was perhaps even more interesting, however, was to discuss the state of [...]

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I am completely creeped out by the Polar Express trailer. Forget slasher films, I think digital animation voiced by Tom Hanks is terrifying and perfect for the Halloween season.

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This is a word-for-word transcript of a voicemail message I received from my friend Simon. I swear to God I am not making this up. I had this epiphany, like, you know we could write a theme song for you. And I’m thinking about it like, ya know sorta a la Shaft. Ya know, the [...]

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I stumbled on some interesting information about the number of doctors in various countries, what shocked me most was the releative low number of doctors in the UK to similar sized developed countries. If you look at the image below you can see the UK has significantly fewer doctors than France or Germany which are [...]

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Saved! is released on DVD tomorrow. Seek out (rent, buy, whatever) this outstanding film and encourage Hollywood to produce more gems like this one. Plot Outline: When a girl (Jena Malone) attending a Baptist high school becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized, as all of her former friends turn on her.

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