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It’s an intriguing week for women in news making news. First Kyra Phillips, and now apparently someone at the CBS in-house magazine thought Katie Couric needed a little Celebrity Fit Clubbing. A photo, taken in May, had a little Photoshop magic applied to slim down Ms. Couric’s appearance. She’s taking […]

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Korean manufacturer Maxian looks to be set to drop a new PMP on parts of the world other than this one with its newly-unveiled M800, though an exact launch date has yet to be announced. Like Maxian’s T600, this one boasts direct video recording from a TV or other source, with a 30GB hard drive […]

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Kyra Phillips, CNN reporter, apparently was absent from class the day they taught everyone to turn off their microphones as soon as they leave their desks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7QhEeQF_o

Someone’s sister-in-law is going to be getting a big arrangement of flowers in the mail reeeeeeal soon.
And how about those “extended visits” *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*
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Here’s a list of things that don’t deserve any links because they make my ass tired:

Anything having to do with JonBenet Ramsey. I’m just waiting for the day soon when JonBenet is the hot new name in pre-school classes.
Apparently Jessica Simpson has lost her voice. Yea, we watch her for her ‘voice.’
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes […]

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Funny stuff… a definite must see. Conan O’Brien’s montage opening from last night’s Emmy’s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1q_8QQO70Q

Oh, and to all the uptight people bent out of shape because it contains a plane crash just hours after a real plane crash… um, you’re dumb.
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Ok… so we got into this whole blog thing to have some fun, have an outlet for our creative ideas and, ultimately, maybe make a little money. And to do that, we need to drive traffic. You may or may not have noticed the Google ads over there on the right. If you see a […]

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Yet another installment of headlines ripped from the newspapers Northeast Wisconsin…
Woman charged in alleged blackmail scheme - Appleton
That’s one classy lady right there…
Grand Champion animals go to market at fair - Manitowoc
Betcha they don’t have stories like this in the New York Times…
Night in Old Vienna wraps up Buttermilk Festival tonight - Fond du Lac
What? […]

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Phenomenal column by Bill Simmons on ESPN.com’s Page 2 that captures the essence of being a sports fan in Wisconsin. He and a couple buddies take in a pair of Brewers games (vs. Houston) and a Packers game (vs. Atlanta) over 3 days and he’s written an extensive diary about the experience. Simmons deftly covers […]

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It’s official, my hometown is the drunkest in the nation! This comes, not from Maxim or Playboy, but from Forbes.com and their ranking of America’s Drunkest Cities. That’s right, Milwaukee, WI is the drunkest city in America.
A dubious distinction, sure. But perhaps there’s is a way to spin this. With many of the breweries having […]

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As of today, Dell isn’t the only major victim of Sony’s exploding battery fiasco. (Well, if you don’t count the millions of consumers potentially in danger — and who does?) Apple has just recalled 1.8 million iBook and PowerBook laptop batteries, 1.1 million of those in the US and 700,000 abroad. They’ve had their fair […]

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It’s that time of year again… time for Beloit College to release their annual Mindset List. Since 1998 the list has looked at “the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of today’s first-year students.”
Some of my favorites about the incoming class of 2010 (mostly born in 1988)…
2. […]

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For those of you who follow my own private blog, you know I wrote a post recently about Acoustic music and how bad a lot of it is. This is especially true when a band covers their own rocking song and then strips out everything that rocks and replaces it with a single guitar.
However, […]

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Duh.
John McCain: Americans Misled on Iraq
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BoingBoing points to a trailer on YouTube for the film “Man of the Year” in which a faux-news anchor like Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert runs for President… and wins. This latest flick from Barry Levinson stars Robin Williams, and opens in October. I’m certainly intrigued.

Here’s the “campaign” website for Tom Dobbs.

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From the Consumerist: HP is marketing a new feature on their Photosmart R727 called “slimming” which, according to the manual, “compresses centered subjects for a slimmer look.” What that basically means is that you take a picture and make your chubby self look skinnier than you actually are. Yet another reason not to believe those […]

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