Early this morning Occupy Wall Street Protestors swarmed downtown Manhattan to block off access to the stock exchange. After a confusing start, protestors brought the neighborhood to a near standstill. Police are reporting that so far about 200 people have been arrested today. Continue reading
Daily Archives: November 17, 2011
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Okay. Now this may be a shock to some, but I’m just gonna come out and say it — not everything is an item that should play hockey with your organs. People apparently are forgetting that fact and instead are deciding that just about ANYTHING should see the inner workings of their body from an access point that’s usually off limits. I’m thinking maybe there should be some sort of campaign. Perhaps a slogan or something. Yes, something like “Your iPod is a listening device…for your ears. Your Lower Intestine Can’t Hear. End Musical Devices in Your Innards.”
And there’s a book about it.
(A quick note from Bots: The Angry Black Man is a friend of mine here in The A, as well as our newest author. In real life he’s not that angry but we thought the screen name was funny, so we’re running with it.)
I know it’s very difficult for us mere mortals to comprehend what’s at stake in the NBA lockout negotiations. I mean, for us fans this means nothing but a few missed TV slots during an otherwise boring work week. But to these “athletic gods”… I mean, come on man, this is life.
I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have to negotiate for your job. Oh wait a minute, that’s what the job description, interview and salary requirements are for, right? Well for professional athletes… not so much.
Back in the day, sports franchises were owned and run by people who were knowledgeable about their respective sports and they were dedicated to winning. Not only winning for their respective teams, but winning for the fans, for their cities and even for the sports themselves. Continue reading
Fat? We live in such a technological firestorm that anytime a celebrity is photographed nearly instantaneous commentary arises on anything from the hairstyle they’ve chosen, their wardrobe, and even their physical features, via any number of sources. Within moments it’s mentioned on a blog, on Twitter, on Facebook, via text message and possibly with corresponding video. It’s now as easy as hitting “submit” to glimpse someone’s image and make a judgment all in seconds.
Well, one millennial used that very technology to fight back…and good for her.
I love watching post-apocalypse movies, but sometimes I get to wondering: how useful would I be if I found myself living in a post-apocalyptic world?
As we see on The Walking Dead, there’s always washing and cooking to be done. However, anyone able-bodied can wash stuff, and even if you can’t really cook you could peel potatoes, so there’d be an abundant supply of washers and kitchen-workers, so my abilities there wouldn’t necessarily make me worth feeding if things got tight. I could teach the children, but then so could any adult who can remember a reasonable amount of what they learned in school.
I’m a good organiser, so maybe I could be the quarter-master. Give me a room with some shelves to set out all the camp’s stock and I could mete it out like a sonofabitch. Continue reading
It’s been a while since we’ve poked fun at a GOP Presidential Candidate photo. This image is stuffed with possibility as tightly as Newt is packed into that suit. Tight like Mrs. Cain holding her fingers to her ears when you try to explain to her what “Running Game” and “Fronting” mean. You guys know the rules: There aren’t any rules, just don’t not be funny.
Nick Denton appeared at Ad Age’s Media Evolved conference on Tuesday in what appears to be an effort to prove he hasn’t changed when it comes to how much he disdains the “fanatical but ill-informed commenters” who populate his media empire. Continue reading
Good morning Crasstalk. Go forth and conquer.
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