Browsing archives for November 24th, 2008

Musical Interlude: Kings of Leon

Fluff Stuff, Musical Interlude 24 November 2008 | 0 Comments

My friends and I were drunkenly watching SNL (the only state we ever watch that in) the week that Kings of Leon were the musical guests. But we had missed when they announced the name of the band. Only being vaguely familiar with their music and having no idea what any of them looked like, [...]

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In The Cabinet

Obama Admin, Politics 24 November 2008 | 1 Comment

It seems like Obama is appointing someone to an office every 30 seconds so we’re a bit behind on covering them as they happen. C’mon, most of them don’t even officially have jobs for another two months. We’ll get to them before then (probably). 
Anyway, if you’d like a cheat sheet as to who is filling [...]

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Signs of the Times: Breaking and Entering Edition

Economy, Society & World 24 November 2008 | 1 Comment

Following along from Brandy’s Saturday post, I had an interesting weekend.
My garage was broken into but nothing was stolen, which is indeed commentary on my current circumstances (as well as those of the thief, we can safely assume). Someone who was desperate enough to break into a garage was NOT desperate enough to take any of the low-grade [...]

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Link Roundup: The Sky is Still Falling….Edition

Obama Admin, Politics 24 November 2008 | 0 Comments

Obama to the (Economic) Rescue? Obama-Biden press conference today to introduce soon to be Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and National Economic Council chief Larry Summers. Obama will also discuss in further details the economic rescue plan he mentioned on Saturday. 
This $700 Billion Offer Sounds Better Than the Last One: That’s the number that’s being speculated [...]

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Indie Retailer of the Day: TopatoCo.

Apparel, Indie Retailers 24 November 2008 | 0 Comments

TopatoCo., the brainchild of “cyber cartoonist” Jeffrey Rowland (Wigu), is a one stop shop to buy products for many of the best web comics around. This is where to go if you’d like a shirt, poster or book from such comics as A Softer World, Dinosaur Comics, Octopus Pie, WhiteNinja, Wondermark and more. I decided [...]

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