Because I’m lazy, tired from trying to work and take care of a sick kid all week, and because I won’t be sad to see 2009 stamped, “history.” Best Protest Sign: Best Song:: The late aughts have been a great time for good, independent music. tough call but I’ll go with my gut. “White...
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No, really. Liverpool is poor. Because? A couple of weaselly American financiers (businessmen being too generous a term) bought the team in a heavilly leveraged buyout in 2007 and saddled the team with debt. When Tom Hicks and George Gillett arrived, they portrayed themselves as the friendly and benevolent Americans, smiling humans compared with...
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Infoporn on the death of news on paper. Via Mint.com Check out the revenue sources in the bottom right. The key question becomes how do you design a business where the current 7% of revenues that comes from online sources becomes 80% of revenues? Clearly that amount needs to grow through higher ad rates,...
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I’m very proud to announce that I have been asked to be a politics blogger for the Des Moines Register. They are starting a new political blogging system with prominent Iowa bloggers from left, right and center. I’ll be posting 3-5 times a week over there. I’ll continue to post here but it will...
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Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell
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Been busy at work. A couple of major blog announcements coming up though.
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Warning. Locker-room language For all of you who thought that I was just a limp-wristed soccer fan, think again. This football post is about pigskin. Sure, I have my problems with American Football (a.k.a. rugby for pussies). The games are way to freakin’ long for one thing. I don’t have 3.5 hours to sit...
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I thought it was odd last night about 5 p.m. when I could no longer see the forums on the front page of the Herald Website in Google Chrome, which I’ve been happily using as my primary web browser. But they were still visible and readable in with Firefox and Internet Explorer. This morning,...
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Laura is in Nashville tending to her parents’ long term care needs. Meeting up with my step-Dad in Waterloo and going to Lost Island Waterpark in Waterloo.
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Taking a four-day weekend to recharge the batteries and catch up on past-due writing assignments. Movies too. Going to go see District 9 tonight with grown-ups. Taking the kids to see Ponyo. Miyazaki WIN!
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