Wednesday, September 30, 2009
National Denim Day
posted at 9:11 AM | Permalink | 3 comment(s)
Lifted from Rex:
Celebrity crossword enthusiast and breast cancer survivor Christina Applegate is the 2009 Ambassador for Lee National Denim Day (this Friday, Oct. 2, 2009), a day to raise awareness about breast cancer issues as well as raise money for the Women's Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), including Christina's own foundation, Right Action For Women. They're asking for $5 donations. I'm giving a little more. Go here to donate. Thanks.
I wonder what the chances are of my firm letting us wear denim on Friday? Hmm....

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Friday, August 7, 2009
Did you feel naked yesterday?
posted at 9:13 AM | Permalink | 6 comment(s)
If you did, it might be because Twitter and Facebook were both down for part of the day, quelle horreur - read about it here. Apparently both social networking sites were the targets of some kind of hacking but whatever it was, it certainly caused consternation.

BTW, recently I've been seeing and hearing Twittering described as a kind of personal "mini-blogging" which is an interesting phrase but I'm not sure if it's accurate. There are many kinds of blogging, some political, some professional, some anecdotal, some personal, etc., etc. Are there as many kinds of Twittering? I wonder? And I wonder what regular-size (heh) bloggers think about equating "tweeting" and "mini-blogging"?

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Bailout, more
posted at 5:44 PM | Permalink | 0 comment(s)
If a plan has been agreed upon, why is there no news on it? With several million people's pocketbooks in serious jeopardy, why aren't print and visual media demanding a fix? There have been no editorials, no diatribes, nothing. Or do the media people know it's all being plotted behind closed doors and we shouldn't fret, just wait it out? It's hard not to feel this is all highly scripted for showing off the muscles of the MTA, first, and the legislature, second. I'm not sure whose reputation it helps because no one is coming off very well....

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